Voices
Matthew Burgesslooks at what independent UK schools can offer these pupils and provides some tips to help parents choose the right school for their children.
Universities increasingly depend on Chinese and Indian postgraduates, but what other markets are opening up?
The English My Way project officer, Frances Carbines, shares tips here on how teachers and volunteers can help build confidence among low-level learners.
In the ninth in our weekly series on the ten most important languages for the UK’s future, we turn to the fifth most commonly spoken language in the world, Arabic.
As we prepare to celebrate World Teachers’ Day on 5 October 2014, the British Council’s Caroline Drummond looks at what schools in the UK are doing to support EAL learners.
Anne Bostanci highlights how black people from around the world were involved in and affected by the First World War – and some of its far-reaching consequences.
What makes illustrated storybooks such a good resource for teaching young learners of English?
How should we prepare for life in a new country?
We turn to Russian in the eighth post of our series on the ten languages essential for the UK's future.
The British Council’s Li Ying looks at some of the influences on contemporary Chinese architecture and examines what can be gained from collaboration between the UK and China in this field.