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'Podcasts are a great way for students to improve their listening on the go'.
Date
21 June 2016 - 06:25

Podcasts to help English learners practise listening

Do your students want more listening practice? Aoife McLoughlin, latest winner of the British Council's Teaching English blog award, recommends five podcasts to get them started.

Tags
English language, Teaching, Learning resources
Your child is unique, but what all children have in common is natural curiosity and an innate ability to learn. Image (c) British Council.
Date
20 June 2016 - 09:14

How can young children best learn languages?

The British Council's Tracey Chapelton explains how parents of young children can lay the foundations for success.

Tags
English language, Teaching, Education
'Understanding our strengths is about concentrating on the things that come most naturally to us.' Photo (c) Hey Paul Studios, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
15 June 2016 - 10:52

How to figure out what career suits you

Anna Rowlands, who helps young people in the Middle East and North Africa transition from school to adult life through the Taqaddam programme, explains how best to answer the question.

'The English language is truly global and the opportunities to read or listen to it are endless'.
Date
10 June 2016 - 07:52

Five habits of effective English language learners

What habits should English language learners adopt to help them meet their goals? Martin Sketchley, latest winner of the British Council's Teaching English blog award, gives us his top five.

Tags
English language, Teaching, Teaching resources
'I want to challenge the isolation of Woolf’s female Shakespeare'.
Date
09 June 2016 - 05:30

What if Shakespeare had been a woman?

Drawing on the histories of female writers and performers in England, Dr Emma Whipday of King's College London asks what might have become of Shakespeare if he had been a woman.

Tags
Shakespeare, Arts
'You can tweak your natural body clock through exposure to sunlight.' Photo (c) lensnmatter, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
07 June 2016 - 16:01

Can sunshine help you sleep better and wake up earlier?

Do you find it hard to wake up in the mornings? Chloe Fung Choi Yi explains why getting more sunshine may help.

'The pain in my heart, in my chest, made it very hard to smile again.' Photo by Charles Siqueira.
Date
03 June 2016 - 19:51

How I got picked to carry the Olympic torch in Rio

Wallas Souza dos Santos, 15, talks about losing his 13-year-old sister to gun violence and how he was chosen to carry the Olympic torch this summer after taking part in Premier Skills.

Tags
Sport, Civil society
English language teaching is evolving all the time, particularly alongside advances in technology. Photo (c) Mat Wright
Date
01 June 2016 - 14:14

Ten innovations that have changed English language teaching

What innovations in English language teaching (ELT) have had the biggest impact on your teaching? Teaching expert Chia Suan Chong lists her top ten.

Tags
Teaching resources, Teaching, English language
'To communicate successfully in an international environment, you need to be able to grasp what is being said and respond appropriately'.
Date
25 May 2016 - 05:18

How to prepare students for international communication

Chia Suan Chong, winner of the British Council's Teaching English blog award, offers three strategies to help students use English in international environments.

Tags
Teaching, English language
'Every person who's ever drawn with a pencil has created graphene' Photo (c) Vladimer Shioshvili, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
23 May 2016 - 14:55

What's thinner than a hair, yet stronger than steel?

Imagine a material that is stronger than steel, more transparent than glass, and thinner than a human hair. Hint: it's not kryptonite. Young scientist Aida Rafat explains.

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