Voices
Teacher and author Kieran Donaghy tells us why film is such a good resource and recommends useful websites in one of our top five articles of all time, illustrated by artist Jamie Johnson.
This Black History Month in the UK, the British Council’s Paul Howson explains how the Harlem Renaissance turned disillusionment into pride.
‘Poetry is what gets lost in translation’, the American poet Robert Frost is quoted as saying. So how do you translate literature effectively?
The T.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet tells us about working in prisons, family life and the eeriness of English suburbs.
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.