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School artwork, cut out bird, decorated with Chinese style peonies and butterflies
Date
29 April 2022 - 15:00

Building key skills in Chinese Mandarin

Teacher Kay McLeod explains how the Mandarin Excellence Programme is helping teachers and pupils tackle the challenges of learning Mandarin.

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Teaching, Languages
Date
21 April 2022 - 09:05

Learnings from a digital creative exchange: Coventry x Beirut

J.D. Harlock, one of the participating writers on Coventry City of Culture Trust Youthful Cities Programme

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Arts and culture
Stevie Spring
Date
08 March 2022 - 06:17

Breaking bias: lessons from the boardroom

On International Women’s Day 2022, Stevie Spring CBE, Chairman, British Council gives us real-world advice on navigating challenges and breaking stereotypes in the workplace.

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Gender equality, Gender and inclusion
Smiling baby listening through headphones
Date
01 December 2021 - 16:00

Babies’ language learning can help adult learners

English language teacher, Elsa O'Brien says adult language learners can learn a lot about pronunciation and intonation from the way babies learn language.

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Languages, English and languages, Teaching
Schoolgirl in German class
Date
24 November 2021 - 14:00

What do Year 9 pupils think about learning languages?

A new YouGov survey commissioned by the British Council explores the attitudes of Year 9 pupils in England towards language learning. Vicky Gough, our Schools Adviser, tells us more.

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Languages, Schools, Secondary school, Teaching
Woman with colourful computer coding reflected onto her
Date
15 November 2021 - 11:30

Training the future workforce for automation and technological change

Dr Daniel Susskind, co-author of the best-selling book The Future of the Professions and the author of A World Without Work, spoke to us about training the workforce of the future.

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Skills, Education and skills, Technology, Policy
Group of youngsters in a park, reading on an iPad
Date
27 October 2021 - 08:48

Six trends for the new future of English language teaching

What are the current trends in English language teaching? Taking a cue from this year's ELTons award finalists, writer Chia Suan Chong lists her top six.

Tags
English language, Learning resources, Technology
Poplar Union's Artistic Director, Beth Watton, speaking at an event in 2019
Date
11 August 2021 - 14:56

How we built a digital arts and community centre

Artistic Director Beth Watton tells us how her organisation built a digital arts and community centre during the pandemic.

Tags
Arts and culture, Arts
Red lantern in front of an urban scene
Date
04 August 2021 - 08:02

Language learning gives me ‘richer experiences with a broader mindset’

How do international experiences and language learning shape our perception of the world? We asked Dame Caroline Wilson DCMG, British Ambassador to China.

Tags
Study outside the UK
Stack of books with multicoloured covers
Date
08 July 2021 - 09:30

How has Covid-19 affected language learning in England's schools?

Language teaching was suspended at one in five primary schools in January 2021 due to Covid-19 and the impact has been felt more acutely in deprived areas.

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Teaching
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