- 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
- 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
- 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.
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- Teaching, Languages
- 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
- Date
- 29 June 2020 - 08:00
Language learning is still in decline in England's schools
The annual Language Trends survey examines teachers' views of language teaching in schools in England. Its author, Ian Collen, explains some of this year’s findings.
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- Languages, Schools, Primary school, Secondary school, Teaching
- Date
- 20 May 2020 - 15:18
Six tips for running online courses
Online teachers must also be moderators. Kirsteen Donaghy, British Council e-Learning Consultant, shares five tips for guiding students through online courses.
- Tags
- Teaching, Teaching resources, Learning resources, Languages
- Date
- 23 April 2020 - 16:42
Your favourite words from global languages
For UN English Language Day, we asked our social media communities which words from their own language we should start using in English.
- Tags
- English, Languages
- Date
- 22 April 2020 - 10:38
Nigerian Pidgin – 20 useful words and phrases
Author Mimi Werna has put together her 20 favourite phrases in Nigerian Pidgin.
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- Languages, English language