Voices
Ismail Badat runs us through the numbers and asks why there aren’t more women leaders in higher education in South Asia.
English tutor and resource writer Genevieve White responds to some of the common problems teaching Shakespeare in the English language classroom.
Teacher and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) specialist Emma Greenhalgh tells us why humour should be incorporated into language-learning.
If China is to remain economically competitive, it needs to move away from its current strength of absorbing foreign inventions, argues the British Council’s Jeremy Chan.
As we celebrate the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, UK actor, author and producer Ben Crystal relates what it’s like to speak the work of this playwright.
Ahead of the Korea Cultural Programme at the London Book Fair this coming April, Katie Slade, editor at Comma Press, gives us an introduction into contemporary Korean fiction.
The British Council’s Vicky Gough answers how UK schools can help their students pick up Mandarin Chinese.
Weicong Liang, Chinese Instructor and Teaching Supervisor at the Business Confucius Institute, University of Leeds, demystifies Mandarin Chinese.
The idea to create Mabboo, a sustainable bamboo clothing and accessories brand, came to Ed Cheney in February 2008, during his time as a British Council English language assistant in China.
Duncan Foord, who has worked with teachers, directors of studies, school managers and principals, answers seven questions about delegation.