Voices
How do you make learning prepositions easier for your students? TeachingEnglish blog award winner Aoife McLoughlin of ELT-Connect has some tips.
The winners of the latest Teaching English blog award, Elena Mutonono and Veronika Palovska, share some practical ideas for using two popular chat apps with your adult learners.
When it comes to understanding love, who gets it right - science, or Shakespeare? Scientist and poet, Dr Sam Illingworth, compares the two.
Do you want to build links with schools overseas, but don’t know where to begin? Tom Canning OBE, head teacher at Tollgate Primary School in East London, shares his advice.
We asked Maung Day, Burmese poet and writer in residence at Edge Hill University in the UK, about poetry in Burma today, and the influences on his own writing.
Are you daunted by the prospect of teaching English to very young children? Sheona Gilmour, lead educator on our new online course for teachers and parents, offers a few tips.
Have you ever dreamed of writing stories for children? New Zealand children’s author and editor Don Long offers a few tips to lift your writing to the next level.
Why are many people afraid of public speaking, and what can be done about it? Ros and Neil Johnson, speech and drama specialists at Theatresaurus, explain.
Professor Dumbledore has been voted the UK's favourite fictional teacher, in a British Council poll. The British Council's Kristen McNicoll explains why.
The British Council's Dr Jo Beall explains the relationship between cities and universities, why it is important, and how it is changing.