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Date
21 November 2022 - 17:30

Nurturing emotional intelligence through literature

Gabriela Garibotto and Noelia Garfinkiel explain how teachers can use books to develop students’ emotional intelligence and make recommendations for digital platforms to use in class.

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Teaching, Teaching resources
Teacher with children raising their hands
Date
24 March 2021 - 12:33

Challenge gender bias in the classroom with language

English language teacher Elsa O’Brien tells teachers how to evaluate their communication style and model inclusive language.

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Teaching, Teaching resources, Equal opportunities and diversity
Woman sitting on sofa with a laptop
Date
11 February 2021 - 16:59

Language teachers' tips for an interactive online classroom

Language teachers in Peru, Ukraine, UK and Spain share tips to boost interaction in online lessons to develop learners’ language skills.

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Teaching, Teaching resources, Primary school, Secondary school
Pencil and sharpener on notepad
Date
10 December 2020 - 16:15

How to be a resilient online teacher

Educational professionals from Brazil, England, Nigeria and Pakistan share their tips for staying flexible while teaching virtually.

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Teaching, Teaching resources, Education
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.

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Teaching, Teaching resources, Learning resources, Languages
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Date
28 November 2019 - 14:21

My new classroom techniques and activities for 2019

Teacher and author Larry Ferlazzo shares the activities, resources and methods for learning that he is testing, three months into his school year.

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Teaching resources, Teaching
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Date
09 October 2019 - 11:24

Remote teaching – how to keep learners' attention

Do you want to communicate effectively during an online lesson? The British Council's Graham Stanley shares his advice.

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Professional development, Teaching, Teaching resources
Plastic bottles and plastic waste
Date
23 September 2019 - 12:36

Five ways to re-use plastic bottles in a primary class

British Council teacher Siham Bouzourene tells us how she turned plastic bottles into learning tools for her primary English language class in Algeria.

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Teaching, Teaching resources, English language
The artwork 'PLEASE...' by Jeppe Hein, words written in neon lights
Date
26 April 2019 - 08:23

Three games to recycle vocabulary in the English language classroom

Aoife McLoughlin won the TeachingEnglish blog award with 7 Fun Tasks for Classroom Debates. Here, she tells us her favourite classroom vocabulary games.

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English language, Teaching, Teaching resources
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Date
08 April 2019 - 13:00

Netflix and learn – six ways to teach English language skills with television

How can teachers of English create learning material with streaming services? Melissa Thomson, a British Council teacher and trainer based in Bilbao, describes her top six approaches.

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English language, Teaching, Teaching resources
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