Voices Magazine

Date: 02 June 2017 - 20:22

Seven tips for English language beginners

Winner of the TeachingEnglish blog award Larissa Albano shares seven ways to make learning English easier for beginners.

Tags: English language, Learning resources

'Gendered language has a bias towards a particular sex.' Image (c) dmagarityjr, licensed under CC BY SA-2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 01 March 2017 - 19:00

Teachers, what is gendered language?

What exactly is gendered language and why should you warn language learners about it? Jemma Prior explains.

Tags: Teaching resources, Teaching, Women and girls, Equal opportunities and diversity

'Spend time with Romans going about their day-to-day lives.'

Date: 11 January 2016 - 17:20

Things to remember when adjusting to teaching abroad

Eddie Simmonds, an English language assistant in Rome, shares a few things you should remember if you find yourself in an unfamiliar place, hundreds of miles away from home.

Tags: English language, Education, Work outside the UK, Schools, Teaching

'Work experience abroad is an increasingly impressive and desired characteristic for employees.' Photo (c) Flazingo.com, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 16 December 2014 - 08:39

Ten reasons to become an English language assistant

Shereen Chenia, who has returned to the role of English language assistant for a second time, explains the benefits of this opportunity.

Tags: Teaching, Work outside the UK, Schools, English language

'I’ve realised how differently they do things in Italy.' Photo (c) Daniel Peckham, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 28 November 2014 - 06:09

Four things you can learn as a language assistant abroad

What new perspectives can a year abroad provide a young person starting out in life? Hope Gaffney explains.

Tags: Teaching, Work outside the UK, Schools, English language

'It's important to grasp opportunities with both hands.' Photo (c) Moyan Brenn, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adpated from the original.

Date: 27 November 2014 - 04:39

How to survive in a small Italian town on your year abroad

Being the only young English person in a quiet town in a foreign country can be a daunting experience. University student Chloe Stout explains.

Tags: Teaching, Work outside the UK, Schools, English language

Some regional varieties of Italian, such as Sicilian, differ so widely from standard Italian that they are seen by some as separate languages. (Photo of Italy and Sicily by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center)

Date: 08 August 2014 - 16:26

How good is Italian for business?

The British Council’s Languages for the Future report identified the ten languages most important to the UK over the next 20 years. Sarah Giles writes about Italian.

Tags: Study outside the UK, Work outside the UK, Schools

'It was the trip of a lifetime.' Photo (c) Marco, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 28 October 2013 - 09:57

How a technical work and study exchange can change your life

Professor Igor Aleksander writes about how a stint in Milan changed the course of his career.

Tags: Education

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