- 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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- 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.
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- Languages, English and languages, Teaching
- 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.
- Tags
- Languages, Schools, Secondary school, Teaching
- Date
- 11 August 2021 - 14:56
How we built a digital arts and community centre
Artistic Director Beth Watton tells us how her organisation built a digital arts and community centre during the pandemic.
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- Arts and culture, Arts
- Date
- 16 June 2021 - 13:18
Language learning in Northern Ireland: teachers have their say
'Ninety-two per cent of pupils don’t think languages are relevant to their future career.'
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- Languages
- Date
- 08 April 2021 - 18:00
'We always say I love you in English'
Business Manager Ravina Heer and Microbiologist Rajan Sharma fell in love in their university library. They told us about their connection through the English language.
- Tags
- English
- Date
- 29 March 2021 - 16:09
This English language learning podcast is connecting people
Nearly 10 million people have listened to Reza Shah and Craig Wealand’s podcast, Aprender Ingles con Reza y Craig.
- Tags
- English, Teaching, Technology
- Date
- 22 February 2021 - 12:12
How I create fun and effective Mandarin Chinese lessons
Mandarin teacher Frank Fan tells us how he uses learning activities and games in his classroom – as well as a sense of humour.
- Tags
- Teaching, Languages
- Date
- 24 November 2020 - 11:45
How to create art with someone on a different continent
Artists Alaa Tarabzouni and Ellie Niblock took part in a digital residency during the Covid-19 pandemic. They tell us how they created art together, virtually.
- Tags
- Arts, Arts and culture
- Date
- 12 November 2020 - 07:59
Which languages did the UK study in lockdown?
We asked 2,000 UK adults about their experience of language learning and what languages young people should learn today. British Council’s Vicky Gough breaks down the results.
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- Languages