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'Living in China teaches you to take things as they come, and you have no choice but to relax.' Image (c) Silentpilot, licensed under CC0 and adapted from the original.
Date
17 February 2017 - 17:08

China: a crash course in personal development

How might moving to China help you grow as a person? We asked Kate Woodruff, who is taking part in the British Council's English Language Assistant programme.

Tags
English language, Work outside the UK, Teaching
'Remembering and using new words in speech is often a challenge for language learners.'  Image © Pierre Metivier, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original
Date
16 February 2017 - 16:00

Ten ways to learn new words as a language learner

Teacher and teacher trainer Svetlana Kandybovich, our latest TeachingEnglish blog award winner, shares her top tips for remembering new words.

Tags
English language, Learning resources
'You're having a giraffe!' means 'You're having a laugh' or 'you must be joking'. Image (c) Alexas_Fotos, licensed under Creative Commons CC.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
08 February 2017 - 15:15

'You're having a giraffe!?' A starter guide to UK slang

Are you moving to the UK for study or work? The British Council's Sophie Cannon explains some of the weird and wonderful words and phrases you might encounter.

Tags
Study in the UK, English language
'Dancing with the locals has been one of the purest joys I have had.' Image (c) Rona Proudfoot, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
27 January 2017 - 20:45

How living in a different country changed me

Rose Delamare describes how her view of Colombia has changed since she moved there to teach as an English language assistant six months ago.

Tags
Work outside the UK, Teaching, English language
'Get students out of their seats and moving.' Image (c) Mat Wright
Date
20 January 2017 - 10:00

How to keep your students motivated

Cristina Cabal has been teaching for 26 years. She shares some of her top tips for keeping students motivated.

Tags
Teaching, Teaching resources, Schools, English language
'There's an easy way to immerse yourself in the culture: live with a French family.' Image (c) barbara w, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
12 January 2017 - 09:34

How to make the most of your time abroad when not teaching

What should you do when you're not teaching as an English language assistant? We asked Faye Briscoe, who is on a teaching placement at a primary school in France.

Tags
English language, Work outside the UK, Teaching resources
'You'll get so much more out of your year abroad if you go in with a positive mindset.' Image Bud Ellison, licenced under CC-BY 2.0, and adapted from the original.
Date
10 January 2017 - 21:10

There's no such thing as a bad teaching placement abroad

A year abroad comes with many challenges. Sam Pollard, who is on our English Language Assistants programme in Mexico right now, explains how to make the most of the experience.

Tags
English language, Teaching, Schools, Work outside the UK
'Janet Echelman describes her artwork as ‘permanent, billowing, voluptuous forms, the scale of hard-edged buildings’.' Image (c) John Lord, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
07 December 2016 - 10:29

Five tips for using authentic video in the classroom

How can teachers use video content that isn't designed especially for language learners? English language teaching materials writer and developer Lewis Lansford explains.

Tags
English language, Teaching
'The English language has about 60 to 70 different prepositions.' Photo (c) Thomas Hawk, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
21 November 2016 - 16:40

Five fun activities to teach prepositions

How do you make learning prepositions easier for your students? TeachingEnglish blog award winner Aoife McLoughlin of ELT-Connect has some tips.

Tags
Teaching, English language, Teaching resources
Date
17 November 2016 - 10:30

How chat apps can help students collaborate and self-correct

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.

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Teaching, English language, Teaching resources
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