Voices
The idea to create Mabboo, a sustainable bamboo clothing and accessories brand, came to Ed Cheney in February 2008, during his time as a British Council English language assistant in China.
Duncan Foord, who has worked with teachers, directors of studies, school managers and principals, answers seven questions about delegation.
We are recruiting people from the UK now to become English language assistants (ELAs) in China next academic year! There are plenty of reasons why you should apply.
Following her recent presentation in our seminar series for English language teachers in the UK, Johanna Stirling offers ways to deal with human ‘weaknesses’ in teaching situations.
How many ways are there to use moving images in the classroom? English language teacher Svetlana Urisman, who won last month’s British Council Teaching English blog award, shares her advice.
Rachel Thomas recounts how she got into voluntary teaching and shares both tips and experiences of teaching English in her local community.
This week, the UK and Israel agreed to work together on a project to train Israeli teachers. Hala Arraby explains how it works and why teachers should develop their digital literacy.
Larissa Albano explains how using pictures as a teaching aid can help language teachers engage their students.
Different learners require different learning methods, so we shouldn’t always favour a ‘communicative’ approach over an ‘academic’ one, argues Rupert Lezemore.
Katy Simpson Davies and Laura Patsko will run a British Council Seminar in Glasgow on 26 November 2013 on teaching pronunciation and listening in an ELF context (English as a lingua franca).