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Current word processors allow us to create and re-create our texts until they are fully comprehensible to others.

Date: 18 September 2013 - 11:22

The benefits of new technology in language learning

Gary Motteram explains how the arrival of digital technologies in the classroom has helped learning.

Tags: English language, Technology, Teaching

'Some people argue that society has changed a lot since these works were written.' Photo (c) mischief mari, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 16 August 2013 - 17:10

Is Jane Austen out of date for the classroom?

Teacher trainer Chris Lima explains how 19th-century language and culture are less of a hindrance in relating literature to language students than one might assume.

Tags: English language, Literature, Teaching

'Before the introduction of the printing press to Britain in the late 1400s, there was no single ‘standard’ variety.' Ryan McCullah, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 24 June 2013 - 09:53

The myth of planet English

In the latest from our English language seminars, Dr Christopher J. Hall explains why the idea that there is just one correct and unchanging form of English is a myth.

Tags: English language, Teaching

Art attracts, propaganda does not - Saudi Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Khoja looking at UK artist Graham Sutherland's 'Rocky Landscape', Photo by Rigel Klingman

Date: 20 June 2013 - 12:21

'Once you're into propaganda, you're finished.'

As states invest more and more in their soft power, experts debate global trends in London on 18 June 2013. This is the transcript.

Tags: Publications, Cultural relations

Culture can 'bring people together – even those with very different world views.' Photo (c) Edinburgh Blog, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 13 June 2013 - 15:03

Which countries want to be influential and attractive?

A new British Council report, ‘Influence and Attraction: Culture and the Race for Soft Power in the 21st Century’, discusses global trends in cultural relations and soft power.

Tags: Publications, Cultural relations

'At the heart of English spelling there is a phonological system – alphabetic letters related to sounds.'

Date: 31 May 2013 - 15:04

Three myths about English spelling

Johanna Stirling shares three myths about English spelling from her recent British Council seminar.

Tags: English language, Teaching

Teaching English is more than just a 'gap year' option - it's an entrepreneurial opportunity (Image credit: Mat Wright)

Date: 21 May 2013 - 15:55

How I built an English language business

Ahead of this year's ELTons awards for innovation in English language teaching, we asked three entrepreneurs how they built their own English language teaching (ELT) businesses.

Tags: English language, Teaching resources

'A large number of students look favourably on overseas study as an opportunity to travel and see the world.'

Date: 30 April 2013 - 17:07

What's keeping 80 per cent of UK students from going abroad?

The British Council’s Elizabeth Shepherd delves into new research that explains why some students decide to study abroad while others stay at home.

Tags: Universities and higher education

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