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Woman dancing in striped dress in front of window
Date
26 October 2017 - 11:20

Two insider views on how Brexit will affect UK arts

Manick Govinda of UK arts producing organisation Artsadmin is an advocate for the UK’s vote to leave the European Union. Artsadmin founder Judith Knight takes the opposite view.

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Arts
'Being in front of the camera can be nerve-wracking, but it can also be exhilarating'. Image Jasper Wilkins, 2017.
Date
18 October 2017 - 16:13

How to engage an audience when you are on camera

Video interviews, live-streamed speeches and social media videos are becoming more and more common. Here is theatre director Paul Bourne's advice for communicating on camera.

Man reading a book
Date
18 October 2017 - 14:36

Four reasons to avoid 'learning styles' – and one alternative

There's a long-held view that students have different learning styles and that teachers have to adapt their teaching to those styles.

Tags
Education, English language, Teaching
Mandarin Excellence Programme. Photo (C) Phillip Meech Photography
Date
17 October 2017 - 16:30

How Mandarin Chinese is growing in schools in England

When Xiaoming Zhu first started teaching Mandarin Chinese in the UK, she was part of a small but dedicated network of teachers. She explains how the subject has continued to grow.

Tags
Education, Teaching, Primary school, Secondary school, Schools
'Teachers have the responsibility to encourage creativity, engagement, and critical thinking.' Image (c) Jerry Kiesewetter, used under licence and adapted from the original.
Date
04 October 2017 - 18:18

Should language teachers avoid global issues when teaching?

Is it a teacher's responsibility to bring up difficult global issues such as poverty and women's rights in the classroom? We asked English language teacher Malu Sciamarelli.

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English language, Teaching resources, Teaching
Acoustic guitar in a field. Photo (c) SplitShire, licensed under CC0 1.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
04 October 2017 - 14:36

Why use rhythm, rhyme and repetition in language class?

Researcher Dr Jessica Mordsley explains, on the examples of Welsh and Spanish, why rhyme, repetition, and rhythm are so effective in helping us learn a language.

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Music, Schools
Date
02 October 2017 - 13:16

Hijabi Monologues director on what makes audiences laugh, cry or gasp

Sahar Ullah, founder and creative director of Hijabi Monologues, talks about the show’s ten-year international run and what makes an audience laugh, cry or gasp.

Tags
Theatre, Arts
'Carnival in Port of Spain, Trinidad, spotted this foursome having a grand time waiting for the bands to pass.' Image copyright Mark Morgan used under licence CC by 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
20 September 2017 - 16:32

Joe Hakim: 'Read things out loud as part of the writing process'

Performance poet Joe Hakim travelled to Trinidad and Tobago to work with Caribbean poets. We asked him about what he learned.

Tags
Literature, Performance
'The rise in ocean acidity levels is causing clown fish larvae to lose their ability to tell which are the best habitats for them to settle.' Image (c) nile, used under licence and adapted from the original.
Date
18 September 2017 - 20:02

How do fish talk to each other?

There are more than 230,000 species of marine life in our ocean. So how do they communicate? We asked FameLab finalist and marine chemical ecologist Dr Mahasweta Saha.

Tags
Science, Scientific research
'There is little research into EMI's impact on how much English students learn, and what content they absorb.' Image (c)
Date
14 September 2017 - 10:48

How effective is English as a medium of instruction (EMI)?

We asked Dr Nicola Galloway, co-author of a recent report into English as a medium of instruction (EMI), about her research into the growing trend to teach university courses in English.

Tags
English language, Educational research, Publications
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