Voices
Ahead of the ELTons Festival 2024, Chia Suan Chong looks at the finalists for the ELTons Innovation Awards to bring you the top trends and innovations in English language teaching.
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.
How can an awards ceremony promote innovation in English language teaching? Cerys Wright explains why you should enter the British Council's ELTons Innovation Awards.
Are the terms ‘native speaker’ and ‘non-native speaker’ appropriate, practical and useful to describe language identity, use and understanding?
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.
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.
A new report commissioned by British Council Tanzania examines the attitudes of head teachers and teachers towards girls in the classroom.
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.
British Council’s annual Language Trends Report examines teachers' views of language teaching and learning in schools in England.
Teacher Kay McLeod explains how the Mandarin Excellence Programme is helping teachers and pupils tackle the challenges of learning Mandarin.