- Date
- 19 October 2020 - 14:58
Why do whales strand?
Wildlife scientist Dr Vanessa Pirotta tells us what might have caused Australia's worst whale stranding on the Tasmanian coast, and how scientists are trying to prevent beachings.
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- Science
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- 08 October 2020 - 08:38
I fell in love with folkloric dance while teaching English in Mexico
Roslynn Beighton spent nine months teaching English at University Escuela Normal Superior in Toluca, Estado de México, where she learned the country’s ballet folklórico.
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- English
- Date
- 05 August 2020 - 16:40
Why we turn city rooftops into public spaces
Claire Hall and Jak Spencer are part of the team at Urban Scale Interventions, which is reinventing underused rooftops in Belfast. Here, they tell us about using roofs creatively.
- Tags
- Architecture, Design, Arts
- 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.
- Tags
- 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
- 12 May 2020 - 15:57
Everyone has a stake in scientific research
How can we build public trust in science? By getting people involved in research. The British Council's Global Head of Science, Dr Jen Bardsley, tells us why.
- Tags
- Science
- 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.
- Tags
- Languages, English language
- Date
- 27 January 2020 - 09:48
Language learning and boys – how some schools beat the odds
Girls are more than twice as likely to achieve a good grade in languages, but some schools are bucking this trend, and they have two things in common.
- Tags
- Publications, Languages
- Date
- 08 January 2020 - 13:09
What can you make with algae?
Algae: you can eat, wear and build with them, and they're renewable. Professor Berat Haznedaroğlu of Boğaziҫi University in Istanbul tells us about current algae research.
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- Science, Technology