Voices Magazine

Date: 26 August 2014 - 10:56

How to help learners of English understand prepositions

Why are words like ‘on’, ‘at’, ‘for’ and ‘about’ so tricky for learners of English and how can teachers help?

'We don't often use pen and paper, yet this is what we expect of young learners.' Photo (c) vidalia_11, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 23 August 2014 - 15:48

How to help young English language learners love writing

Roseli Serra, winner of the TeachingEnglish monthly blog award, writes about how to encourage children learning English to love writing in English too.

Tags: English language, Teaching, Education

Spanish: learning to speak the language of 400 million people. Photo of Mexico City by Kasper Christensen under Creative Commons licence.

Date: 22 August 2014 - 15:28

Spanish: speak the language of 400 million people

In the recent Languages for the Future report, Spanish was highlighted as the most important language for people in the UK to learn.

Tags: Schools, Work outside the UK, Study outside the UK, Publications

'By my sixth or seventh year in Japan, I was actually dreaming in Japanese.' Photo (c) mrhayata, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 15 August 2014 - 16:20

Single Japanese words can contain whole worlds of experience

Japanese has a reputation for being difficult for English speakers to learn, but being able to speak it opens an extraordinary culture, writes Matt Burney.

'The take-up of massive open online courses is now global.' Photo (c) Christopher Phin, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0, adapted from the original.

Date: 14 August 2014 - 11:13

How thousands can join free English language online course

From 1 September 2014, you can learn English through our first massive open online course (MOOC), ‘Exploring English: language and culture’ on FutureLearn.

Tags: Universities and higher education, English language, Learning resources

Some regional varieties of Italian, such as Sicilian, differ so widely from standard Italian that they are seen by some as separate languages. (Photo of Italy and Sicily by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center)

Date: 08 August 2014 - 16:26

How good is Italian for business?

The British Council’s Languages for the Future report identified the ten languages most important to the UK over the next 20 years. Sarah Giles writes about Italian.

Tags: Study outside the UK, Work outside the UK, Schools

'A Severe Young Man' (1934. film still) is full of eroticism, far away from the conventional style of its time.

Date: 07 August 2014 - 12:09

Five Ukrainian and Soviet Ukrainian films to watch

Ivan Kozlenko recommends his top five Ukrainian movies of all time, and describes the differences between film restoration in Ukraine and Western Europe.

Tags: Arts, Film

'A poetry slam is essentially a bunch of poets getting into a room and performing their poetry.' Photo (c) Jannes Rupf, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 06 August 2014 - 05:33

You don't need an English degree to understand poetry (podcast)

Enter the world of spoken-word poetry with two multi-award-winning poets: from Australia, Zohab Zee Khan, and from the UK, Harry Baker - world poetry slam champion in 2012.

Tags: Arts, Literature

Benedict Cumberbatch was one of the people associated with contemporary UK arts and culture. Photo (c) Sam, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 29 July 2014 - 17:00

Report: What makes the UK attractive to young adults?

So what do people think of the UK? Anne Bostanci breaks down the results of a recently carried out survey

Tags: Publications

'Co-ordinating a school partnership allows you to take on a leadership role within your school.' Photo by Duane Schoon under Creative Commons licence.

Date: 28 July 2014 - 16:54

How teachers can improve their professional development

Keri Reid, principal teacher at Muthill Primary School in Scotland, explains how partnering with Juliet Johnston school in Ghana has helped.

Tags: Schools

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