Voices
To mark Safer Internet Day on 9 February 2016, Jo Budden, editor of our LearnEnglish Teens website, takes a look at the issues and offers some practical tips.
Dr Christina Lima of the University of Leicester suggests five ways of using films of Shakespeare's plays to practise English language listening.
Following a year abroad in Australia, Daisy Binks decided she wasn't done with living abroad and is now working as an English language assistant in Shijiazhuang, China. Read her tips.
Employers have been complaining about education systems failing to produce the graduates they need. Ivana Aleksic discusses how much of a say on education employers should have.
Rae Seymour, who develops education resources at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), encourages primary school teachers to use Shakespeare and theatre when teaching young learners.
African economies are developing fast, and we must recognise the role of universities in this, as the British Council's Caroline Chipperfield shows.
After having studied Spanish for more than five years, UK student Charity Woodruff was surprised when first faced with the idioms of Chile. Read how she got to grips with the language
Eddie Simmonds, an English language assistant in Rome, shares a few things you should remember if you find yourself in an unfamiliar place, hundreds of miles away from home.
Mike Astbury, latest winner of the British Council's TeachingEnglish blog award for his post on pronunciation, shares three of his favourite grammar activities.
The British Council's Anthony Cosgrove shares lines from five of Shakespeare's greatest plays to show that they are more accessible to English language learners than you might think.