Voices Magazine

Date: 13 June 2014 - 10:19

What's the future of English?

David Crystal described ‘the future of Englishes’ and the evolution of global varieties of English across the world.

Tags: English language

'India will soon overtake China as the largest population in the world.' Photo by McKay Savage under Creative Commons licence.

Date: 11 June 2014 - 15:53

Why UK universities need to partner with India

What should British universities know when working with their Indian counterparts?

Tags: Universities and higher education

'Good agents are important in looking after the interests of both the students and the universities.' Photo of University of the Arts, London, by Ed Webster under Creative Commons licence.

Date: 11 June 2014 - 14:40

How agents help international students prepare for the UK

Why do students and universities use agents and what regulations are in place?

Tags: Universities and higher education

'Prejudices about accents are undesirable, but powerful, and very easily learned.' Photo by Marc Wathieu on Flickr under Creative Commons licence.

Date: 09 June 2014 - 09:46

What does your accent say about you?

English language teacher and author Richard Cauldwell examines the prejudices against various English accents and the effect they can have on one’s sense of self-worth.

Tags: English language

Photo of half-finished construction on Benghazi University in 2012 (c) BBC World Service, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 04 June 2014 - 09:56

Can Libya's universities lead the country to stability?

In the aftermath of recent violence, the Libyan government is trying to repair and improve its higher education sector.

Tags: Universities and higher education

'During the war, if you decided to go to the theatre, you knew that decision could be the last one you ever made.' Photo of performance at the Sarajevo War Theatre by Velija Hasanbegović.

Date: 02 June 2014 - 15:42

Why people risk their lives to go to the theatre

Nihad Kreševljaković, director of the Sarajevo War Theatre, explains why people in crisis regions risk their lives to go the theatre.

Tags: Arts, Theatre

'[G]rammar is not about the made-up rules which prescriptivists are so fond of.' Photo (c) deepwarren, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 02 June 2014 - 10:26

What are the correct rules of English grammar?

Who says we can’t split infinitives? Michael Rundell, Editor-in-Chief of the Macmillan Dictionary, argues that we should expect linguistic rules to be bent and broken over time.

Tags: English language, Teaching

'According to our brains, not all language is spoken or written.'

Date: 30 May 2014 - 09:29

Sign language explains how we communicate

David Davila, an American neuroscience student and winner of the FameLab science communication competition final in France, explains what sign language tells us about the way we communicate.

An infographic helping students understand countable and uncountable nouns. Created by Zdenek Rotrekl, used here with permission.

Date: 27 May 2014 - 12:38

How infographics can help teach the rules of English

How can infographics help learners understand the rules of English?

Tags: Teaching resources, Teaching, English language

'I think this patronage model will become increasingly important.' Photo (c) Mark Hillary, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 23 May 2014 - 14:57

My business model for an English teaching resource website

Kieran Donaghy describes how his business, Film English, has grown from using film in the classroom to help students learn English to a fully-fledged online enterprise.

Tags: Film

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