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Keeping a blog or even just captioning your photos is a good way to document your experience. Photo of the Teotihuacan pyramids by MCAD library on Flickr/CC.

Date: 29 September 2014 - 11:49

Make the most of your time abroad as a language assistant

How should we prepare for life in a new country?

Tags: Teaching, Work outside the UK, Schools, English language

'The lessons are an outlet for students to talk freely and openly about politics, life, culture and themselves.' Photo (c) Nick Page, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 24 September 2014 - 10:33

How can language teachers use culture and politics?

What happens when you combine language, culture and politics in the classroom?

Tags: English language, Teaching

'We don't often use pen and paper, yet this is what we expect of young learners.' Photo (c) vidalia_11, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 23 August 2014 - 15:48

How to help young English language learners love writing

Roseli Serra, winner of the TeachingEnglish monthly blog award, writes about how to encourage children learning English to love writing in English too.

Tags: English language, Teaching, Education

'The take-up of massive open online courses is now global.' Photo (c) Christopher Phin, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0, adapted from the original.

Date: 14 August 2014 - 11:13

How thousands can join free English language online course

From 1 September 2014, you can learn English through our first massive open online course (MOOC), ‘Exploring English: language and culture’ on FutureLearn.

Tags: Universities and higher education, English language, Learning resources

Up to 70 per cent of all jobs advertised on tefl.com are for native English speaking teachers. Photo by Flazingo Photos on Flickr under Creative Commons licence.

Date: 18 July 2014 - 11:45

Native English-speaking teachers: always the right choice?

There are perceptions that native speakers of English make better English language teachers.

Tags: English language

'The children are a delight, always smiling and so keen'. Screen shot from British Council video.

Date: 12 July 2014 - 12:34

What's mentoring English language teachers in Borneo like?

Can you imagine living and working in beautiful, tropical Malaysian Borneo? Rob Gordon is one of over 120 British Council mentors working with primary school teachers

Tags: English language, Teaching

Asking a friend to provide feedback can improve your teaching skills. Photo by Nationaal Archief/Spaarnestad, no known copyright restrictions, adapted from the original.

Date: 11 July 2014 - 12:42

How do you become a better English teacher?

Lizzie Pinard, winner of the TeachingEnglish monthly blog award, writes about how reflecting on your teaching practice can help you improve your teaching skills.

Tags: Teaching, Teaching resources, English language

Date: 26 June 2014 - 12:13

Teaching English online – opportunities and pitfalls

English teacher Sylvia Guinan walks us through the opportunities and pitfalls of teaching online in one of our top five articles of all time, illustrated by artist Jamie Johnson.

Tags: English language, Teaching

Speaking more than one language fluently has some cognitive costs and many benefits. Image courtesy Quinn Dombrowski under Creative Commons license.

Date: 23 June 2014 - 10:46

Does being bilingual make you smarter?

Language teacher and researcher Miguel Angel Muñoz explains the latest research on how being bilingual affects your brain

Tags: English language, Schools, Teaching

Date: 18 June 2014 - 09:38

How to get started as an online teacher of English

Have you thought about teaching English online? Emma Segev gives some practical tips to get started in one of our top five articles of all time, illustrated by artist Jamie Johnson.

Tags: Teaching resources, Teaching, English language

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