My name is Neil Ballantyne and I work as part of the TeachingEnglish team helping develop and manage our online teacher training courses. I have specialised in the use of learning technologies in the classroom and online learning. I’ve been working for the British Council since 1999, in Thailand, Azerbaijan and Hong Kong, where I have been since 2004.

Neil's blog

I am the academic manager at British Council in Bucharest and I also help coordinate work on the TeachingEnglish site. I have taught English for 10 years in a number of countries including Vietnam, Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic. My main interest is in the use of ICT in language education although I am also interested in the principles of educational research and the testing and assessment of language ability. 

I have worked as a teacher in state schools in the UK and in ELT for many years, and have worked for the British Council (based in Portugal) since 1992. For the past six years or so I have been developing classroom models for incorporating literature in the teaching of English and exploring the role that creative reading and writing can have in enhancing intercultural dialogue and reinforcing critical thinking as teaching resources. One project I've been responsible for is BritLit, which you can find on this site.

Fitch's blog

I spend half of my working life as a Senior Teacher of English at the British Council Young Learner Centre in Barcelona, Spain and the other half as Project Manager of the British Council's Learn English Second Life for Teens project, building a 3D self-access centre for 13-17 year-olds in this virtual world.

Graham's blog

I’m a classroom teacher and teacher trainer based in Bilbao, Spain. I suppose the issues that fire me most are finding the best ways of using new technology in my classroom and coming to terms with the changing the needs and aspirations of learners in today’s digital world. I belong to the British Council’s English Language Innovation team, which I really enjoy, because it gives me the opportunity to make regular contributions to its TeachingEnglish Facebook page and work on developing new teaching and learning applications such as: What kind of teacher are you?

Del Spafford is a senior teacher with the British Council in Bangkok. He has been teaching for nearly 15 years and has worked in Poland and Indonesia. His responsibilities include ICT and he is interested in this area of teaching. He has produced materials for TeachingEnglish and the British Council IELTS newspaper product. In addition he has had English language teaching materials published several times in the Bangkok Post, Thailand’s largest English language newspaper. 

Chris is a teacher, trainer and materials writer interested in CLIL, CALL, and written error correction. He currently lives in Hong Kong with his wife and kids. He is editor and writer for our CLIL section.

Chris's blog