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Children's hands raised in class.
Date
03 March 2023 - 16:00

Teaching visually impaired students online: six key learnings

We asked British Council teacher, Elsa O'Brien, to share what she has learned while teaching a new online English class for visually impaired students.

Tags
Teaching, Schools
Date
10 January 2023 - 14:00

How to help your students speak with clarity

Rosalind Johnson has developed some ideas for how language teachers can help their students speak with clarity, including warm-ups, tongue twisters and working on the pace of their speech.

Tags
Languages, Teaching, English language
Young girl seated in the foreground, wearing a checked school uniform dress, out of focus in the background is a boy wearing a checked school shirt.
Date
05 December 2022 - 15:00

How to support girls in the classroom – lessons from Tanzania

A new report commissioned by British Council Tanzania examines the attitudes of head teachers and teachers towards girls in the classroom.

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Educational research, Women and girls, Policy, Schools, Teaching
Five clear glass trophies, in a rough hexagonal shape, with white lettering that says: ELTons winner Local Innovation. Trophies sit on a black ground, against a purple background.
Date
28 November 2022 - 12:00

Ten statements about the Future of ELT - the hidden messages from the ELTons finalists

Chia Suan Chong had a sneak preview of the 2022 finalists for the ELTons Innovation Awards and she found ten key messages that she wants English language teachers to know about.

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Languages, English language
Two children reading
Date
21 November 2022 - 17:30

Nurturing emotional intelligence through literature

Gabriela Garibotto and Noelia Garfinkiel explain how teachers can use books to develop students’ emotional intelligence and make recommendations for digital platforms to use in class.

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Teaching, Teaching resources
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Date
31 August 2022 - 16:00

Learning Chinese changed my life for good

Walker Darke writes about his experience of being part of the Generation UK Programme.

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Modern Foreign Languages, Languages, China, Study outside the UK
School children learning arabic language in a classroom
Date
18 July 2022 - 09:31

Has language learning in England's schools recovered from the pandemic?

British Council’s annual Language Trends Report examines teachers' views of language teaching and learning in schools in England.

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Languages, Schools, Primary school, Secondary school, Teaching
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Date
29 April 2022 - 15:00

Building key skills in Chinese Mandarin

Teacher Kay McLeod explains how the Mandarin Excellence Programme is helping teachers and pupils tackle the challenges of learning Mandarin.

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Teaching, Languages
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Date
01 December 2021 - 16:00

Babies’ language learning can help adult learners

English language teacher, Elsa O'Brien says adult language learners can learn a lot about pronunciation and intonation from the way babies learn language.

Tags
Languages, English and languages, Teaching
Schoolgirl in German class
Date
24 November 2021 - 14:00

What do Year 9 pupils think about learning languages?

A new YouGov survey commissioned by the British Council explores the attitudes of Year 9 pupils in England towards language learning. Vicky Gough, our Schools Adviser, tells us more.

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Languages, Schools, Secondary school, Teaching
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