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Date
03 July 2019 - 08:00

'Harsh and inconsistent marking' – teachers in England on why pupils opt out of languages

The Language Trends Survey 2019 charts the health of language teaching in schools in England. The British Council's Vicky Gough summarises its findings.

Tags
Languages, Educational research, Publications
Woman working on a laptop and wearing a yellow jumper
Date
23 April 2018 - 17:00

Will young people in the EU want to learn English in 2025?

The British Council's Sarah Rolph breaks down the results of our new report, The future demand for English in Europe: 2025 and beyond.

Tags
Publications, English language
Laptop notebook and flowers on a desk facing a window
Date
13 December 2017 - 12:32

Why one student from the Gulf decided to study in the UK

Ebtihal Al Kindi is an Omani student in her third year at the University of Glasgow who responded to a new British Council report.

Tags
Publications, Study in the UK, Universities and higher education
Woman standing on a train platform as a train arrives
Date
29 November 2017 - 09:00

What motivates young people in the UK to study in another country?

The new 'Broadening Horizons' report surveyed UK students about their study-abroad aspirations. Zainab Malik, the author, breaks down the results.

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Publications, Study outside the UK
'There is little research into EMI's impact on how much English students learn, and what content they absorb.' Image (c)
Date
14 September 2017 - 10:48

How effective is English as a medium of instruction (EMI)?

We asked Dr Nicola Galloway, co-author of a recent report into English as a medium of instruction (EMI), about her research into the growing trend to teach university courses in English.

Tags
English language, Educational research, Publications
'They campaign, they volunteer, and yes, they vote.' Image (c) Allef Vinicius, used under licence and adapted from the original.
Date
13 September 2017 - 08:42

How does the next generation in the UK see its future?

We asked 2,000 young people in the UK about their career prospects, interest in political and social action, and the UK's place in the world, as part of the Next Generation UK research.

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Publications, Civil society, Cultural leadership, Educational research
'As it redefines its relationship with Europe and countries across the world, the UK needs linguists more than ever. Image (c) John Sting, licensed under non-exclusive copyright and adapted from the original.
Date
14 June 2017 - 21:07

What's happening to language-learning in English schools?

The annual 'Language Trends' survey examines language-teaching in schools in England. Its authors, Kathyrn Board OBE and Teresa Tinsley, explain some of the findings.

Tags
Schools, Educational research, Teaching, Publications, Cultural leadership
'Chinese script started with pictures.' Photo (c) melenama, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
04 November 2014 - 11:29

Chinese: complex tones and characters, streamlined grammar

The final post in our weekly series on the ten most important languages for the UK’s future is about Mandarin Chinese.

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Publications, Work outside the UK, Study outside the UK, Schools
'Though the script may look like loopy squiggles to an untrained eye, learning to read and write isn't as huge a challenge as most people expect.' (Photo of Arabic calligraphy by Mark under Creative Commons licence)
Date
03 October 2014 - 14:34

Arabic: more accessible than you think

In the ninth in our weekly series on the ten most important languages for the UK’s future, we turn to the fifth most commonly spoken language in the world, Arabic.

Tags
Schools, Study outside the UK, Work outside the UK, Publications
''Learning Russian has opened up a beautiful and complex country for me.'
Date
26 September 2014 - 12:18

Russian: beautiful, complex, and a window onto the unknown

We turn to Russian in the eighth post of our series on the ten languages essential for the UK's future.

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Publications, Work outside the UK, Study outside the UK
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