Voices Magazine

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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

Man standing in archway at the Great Wall of China

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: 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

pipette with pink liquid over many test tubes

Date: 16 October 2019 - 09:40

How I built a virtual lab for schools

How do you teach practical science without physical equipment? Job Adeleke Oyebisi tells us how a 3D virtual laboratory works.

Tags: Science, Technology, Teaching resources

'The costs are going down, but the sophistication of the technology is going up.'

Date: 03 November 2016 - 16:14

Could your mobile phone make you healthier?

Can a smartphone app really diagnose your symptoms? We asked Dr Patricia Mechael, a 2016 Education UK Alumni Award winner, to explain the latest innovations in mobile health.

Tags: Education, Science

'Young children understand the concept of symmetry from building towers with building blocks.' Photo (c) Raúl Hernández González, licensed under CC-BY-2.0, adapted from the original.

Date: 06 August 2015 - 04:06

Every child is capable of learning maths

How important is a child's mindset when learning maths? Emily Cairns, a UK student working at JUMP Math in Toronto as part of an international work-study exchange programme, explains.

Tags: Teaching, Science, Schools

'Syrians feel the world has forgotten about them.' Photo (c) Hassan Abou Nouh, 'Prayer' taken in Homs, Telbiseh, Syria, 2011- 2014.

Date: 24 June 2015 - 13:30

What do Syrian refugees think about their country's crisis?

We asked Abed, a Syrian who has been talking to fellow Syrian refugees, what they thought.

Tags: Education, Arts

'My most valuable asset in setting a pilot book group in motion was local knowledge.' Photo (c) vincen-t licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 30 January 2015 - 11:38

What to look out for if you want to run a book group

Setting up and running a book group is a different experience in every country. Miriam Vaswani, who organised a book group at the British Council in Tunis, explains how she did it.

Tags: English language, Teaching resources, Teaching, Arts, Literature

'Desertification will ultimately damage the planet's ability to provide what we need to live.'

Date: 19 November 2014 - 10:00

Why we need to act on desertification today

Vivian Futran Fuhrman, PhD candidate at Ben Gurion University, explains why desertification is a threat to us all ahead of the 'Drylands, Deserts and Desertification' conference.

Tags: Science, Universities and higher education

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