Voices
From living rooms to late-night study sessions, we explore what five years of online English teaching reveal about helping learners thrive.
Could welcoming our learners’ other languages into the classroom be the key to more effective learning? Huma Riaz explores how plurilingualism can create richer learning experiences.
The British Council's Amy Lightfoot and Mina Patel look at how the everyday phrases we read in books, on social media or hear on TV are shapeshifting in the digital age.
To mark Neurodiversity Week, British Council teacher and SEND Coordinator Elsa O'Brien López looks at neurodivergence and how bilingualism can benefit neurodivergent learners.
Vicky Gough takes a look at the results of the British Council Language Trends England 2024 survey and finds schools struggling, but there's hope for the future.
Elizabeth Liang, an English Language Assistant in Hong Kong, tells us how her time as a Language Assistant has taught her new life skills and helped her grow in confidence.
University of Oxford student Sophie Magalhaes spoke to the Deputy CEO of the British Council, Kate Ewart-Biggs for Cherwell magazine and asked her for some advice for young people.
Artificial intelligence has captured the world’s imagination, generating countless headlines and driving heated debate, but how will it affect ELT, asks Amy Lightfoot.