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Find blog posts on a range of topics as well as our featured blog of the month award and top stories in the world of English language teaching. Click here if you would like to become a TeachingEnglish blogger. See a list of our bloggers here and a list of our Teaching English associates here.

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Teacher and career development
5 September, 2017
Teachers as materials writers: some considerations
Are you a teacher? If you are, then you’re probably a materials writer too.
Magazine
1 September, 2017
Blog topics for September / October 2017
Our blog topics for September and October 2017 look at the theme of 'Career and teacher development'.
Promoting 21st century skills, Innovations in education
31 August, 2017
Developing Digital Literacies for Teachers
“How did you do that?” This is a question I have been asked a few times in my career when using an element of technology in my lessons.
Innovations in education
31 August, 2017
Digital literacy not only a Core Skill but also a way to promote positive social change
A self-reflection post about digital literacy from "darkest Perú" --- as my country includes 30 of the 32 world climates, with modern...
Magazine
31 August, 2017
Blog topics for July/August 2017
Our blog topics for July and August 2017 look at the theme of 'Managing resources'.
Innovations in education
28 August, 2017
Digital Literacy.
Digital literacy is a fact of life. Does this mean that everybody knows how to find the information needed?
Classroom ideas, tools and resources, Classroom management
23 August, 2017
Phil Wade - Differentiation is the spice of life
I taught an English option course for several years.
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
18 August, 2017
Need based Development of Text
When training people in non-formal courses for Improvement of English, I have the choice of creating my own text material. But if there is...
The learner
16 August, 2017
Modern Diversity
Teachers are faced with new challenges daily.
Innovations in education
12 August, 2017
A teacher's ventures into tech!
Every day teachers around the world have to deal with digital natives, i.e their own students. Children who were born and raised in...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
9 August, 2017
Do we write materials OR Do we design them!
I am in no position to tell you I have an answer to this question "Do we write materials OR Do we design them" But I hope that sharing the...
Top stories
31 July, 2017
International Festival of Teacher-research in ELT 2017
This festival brings together teacher-researchers from around the world to share their ideas.
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
25 July, 2017
Materials Development
The best textbook is the one you wrote yourself
Top stories
19 July, 2017
Featured blog of the month for June 2017
Our featured blog of the month for June 2017 goes to Mike Astbury and his post Make and Do - Collocation Revision
Top stories
6 July, 2017
Featured blog of the month for May 2017
Our featured blog of the month award for May 2017 goes to On the same page and their post 14 Song-Based Lesson Plans and Activities. 
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
28 June, 2017
The whole alphabet
Teaching the four C's and a lot more.
Top stories
20 June, 2017
Harry Potter twenty year anniversary
Do your learners love Harry Potter? Monday 26 June 2017 marks twenty years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was first...
Teaching the four skills
19 June, 2017
Speaking Skills
Speaking, listening comprehension and understanding are parts of the same process.
Top stories
15 June, 2017
2017 ELTons winners announced!
Find out who won a British Council ELTon award for innovation in English Language Teaching products and services.
Top stories
13 June, 2017
The International Festival of Teacher-Research in ELT 2017
From April to October this year the International Festival of Teacher-research in ELT 2017 is holding a range of face-to-face and online...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
13 June, 2017
The creativity I regretted!
Have you ever been given a project to assess but couldn't? Have you ever created a rubric to assess the unassessable?
Top stories
9 June, 2017
The British Council ELTons Innovation Awards 2017
Watch the live-stream of The 15th British Council ELTons Innovations Awards on 14 June from 17.30pm UK time. 
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
5 June, 2017
Do you use E.T?
The acronym E.T does not refer to the sympathetic little alien from Steven Spielberg's movie but to the term Educational Technology, or the...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
2 June, 2017
Using technology in lessons
I like to use technology in class, first of all, because children always find it much more motivating than any other activities. Partly due...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
2 June, 2017
TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM.
Exercise caution!

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Teacher and career development
5 September, 2017
Teachers as materials writers: some considerations
Are you a teacher? If you are, then you’re probably a materials writer too.
Magazine
1 September, 2017
Blog topics for September / October 2017
Our blog topics for September and October 2017 look at the theme of 'Career and teacher development'.
Promoting 21st century skills, Innovations in education
31 August, 2017
Developing Digital Literacies for Teachers
“How did you do that?” This is a question I have been asked a few times in my career when using an element of technology in my lessons.
Innovations in education
31 August, 2017
Digital literacy not only a Core Skill but also a way to promote positive social change
A self-reflection post about digital literacy from "darkest Perú" --- as my country includes 30 of the 32 world climates, with modern...
Magazine
31 August, 2017
Blog topics for July/August 2017
Our blog topics for July and August 2017 look at the theme of 'Managing resources'.
Innovations in education
28 August, 2017
Digital Literacy.
Digital literacy is a fact of life. Does this mean that everybody knows how to find the information needed?
Classroom ideas, tools and resources, Classroom management
23 August, 2017
Phil Wade - Differentiation is the spice of life
I taught an English option course for several years.
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
18 August, 2017
Need based Development of Text
When training people in non-formal courses for Improvement of English, I have the choice of creating my own text material. But if there is...
The learner
16 August, 2017
Modern Diversity
Teachers are faced with new challenges daily.
Innovations in education
12 August, 2017
A teacher's ventures into tech!
Every day teachers around the world have to deal with digital natives, i.e their own students. Children who were born and raised in...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
9 August, 2017
Do we write materials OR Do we design them!
I am in no position to tell you I have an answer to this question "Do we write materials OR Do we design them" But I hope that sharing the...
Top stories
31 July, 2017
International Festival of Teacher-research in ELT 2017
This festival brings together teacher-researchers from around the world to share their ideas.
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
25 July, 2017
Materials Development
The best textbook is the one you wrote yourself
Top stories
19 July, 2017
Featured blog of the month for June 2017
Our featured blog of the month for June 2017 goes to Mike Astbury and his post Make and Do - Collocation Revision
Top stories
6 July, 2017
Featured blog of the month for May 2017
Our featured blog of the month award for May 2017 goes to On the same page and their post 14 Song-Based Lesson Plans and Activities. 
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
28 June, 2017
The whole alphabet
Teaching the four C's and a lot more.
Top stories
20 June, 2017
Harry Potter twenty year anniversary
Do your learners love Harry Potter? Monday 26 June 2017 marks twenty years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was first...
Teaching the four skills
19 June, 2017
Speaking Skills
Speaking, listening comprehension and understanding are parts of the same process.
Top stories
15 June, 2017
2017 ELTons winners announced!
Find out who won a British Council ELTon award for innovation in English Language Teaching products and services.
Top stories
13 June, 2017
The International Festival of Teacher-Research in ELT 2017
From April to October this year the International Festival of Teacher-research in ELT 2017 is holding a range of face-to-face and online...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
13 June, 2017
The creativity I regretted!
Have you ever been given a project to assess but couldn't? Have you ever created a rubric to assess the unassessable?
Top stories
9 June, 2017
The British Council ELTons Innovation Awards 2017
Watch the live-stream of The 15th British Council ELTons Innovations Awards on 14 June from 17.30pm UK time. 
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
5 June, 2017
Do you use E.T?
The acronym E.T does not refer to the sympathetic little alien from Steven Spielberg's movie but to the term Educational Technology, or the...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
2 June, 2017
Using technology in lessons
I like to use technology in class, first of all, because children always find it much more motivating than any other activities. Partly due...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
2 June, 2017
TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM.
Exercise caution!

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Top stories
26 January, 2016
Call for proposals: Teachers Research! conference - Chile 2016
Teacher-researchers in schools and other educational institutions across Latin America are warmly invited to The First Annual Latin...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
17 April, 2018
Capitalising on the Differences in ESL Classrooms
This post talks about how a teacher can capitalise on the differences students bring into the classroom
The learner
16 December, 2017
Card games for Literacy (A0)
Reading can be quite boring, and very teacher centered as monitoring is necessary.
Methodology
20 December, 2009
CBI-CLIL. An experience in Argentinian Patagonia
The adoption of a content-based approach in my professional practice began at a bilingual school in 2004 within the EFL courses when my...
image
Top stories
19 October, 2015
CEFR: Descriptors for mediation - take part in an online survey
Participate in the validation of a new set of CEFR Illustrative Descriptors for mediation by completing an online questionnaire.
Teacher and career development
29 August, 2008
CELTA Training - Being a TiT
I've recently become a CELTA tutor and thought it might be interesting to comment on my experiences over the first 5 or 6 courses.
Teaching pronunciation
16 January, 2015
Ceri Jones - Pronunciation: focusing on sounds from day one
For the last couple of years I’ve been teaching the Unknown Language component of the Trinity TESOL certificate course.
Testing and assessment
21 July, 2014
Ceri Jones - Taking stock
Whether it's at the end of the school year, at the end of term, or just when you feel like taking stock, here's an idea for using...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
28 February, 2015
Ceri Jones - This is just to say...
This is one of my favourite ways in to using poetry in the classroom.
Understanding learners, Classroom ideas, tools and resources
18 September, 2014
Ceri Jones - Three things for a first class
For a few years now I've been experimenting with sharing lesson summaries with my classes and here I'd like to share a summary...
Assessing learning, Testing and assessment
14 February, 2014
Ceri Jones: Assessment - negotiating exam formats
It’s mid-term exam and reports time at the school I’m working with in Cádiz at the moment.
Taking responsibility for professional development, Teacher and career development
26 October, 2015
Ceri Jones: Reflecting on reflecting
I'm two weeks into a new course with a new class and one of the questions on the BC blog this month got me thinking about how I think...
Knowing the subject, Classroom ideas, tools and resources
30 April, 2014
Ceri Jones: The dog ate it (micro writing activities)
Sometimes lessons take a direction we didn't expect.
Teacher and career development
26 January, 2017
Challenging Circumstances
Challenging circumstances face every teacher daily.
The learner
4 August, 2016
Challenging Situations
Internal and external challenges
The learner
24 July, 2016
Challenging Words
Behaviour can be challenging when teaching, but so can words - here are some examples of how we can challenge discrimination in class.
Teacher and career development
17 February, 2017
Changing Challenges
2016 was quite a year. It started in the tropical climes of Gabon at the helm of a small language school operation and assisting EAL...
Teaching grammar and vocabulary
29 November, 2009
Changing from Active to Passive Voice using just the auxiliary verbs.
Hi All! Please give me your opinion about the following method of transforming sentences from Active voice to Passive voice. The method...
Teacher and career development
16 May, 2008
Characteristics of Highly Effective Teachers of English
What are the characteristics of a successful teacher of English?
Magazine
26 May, 2016
Chat in English Fluently
Developing speaking skills with minimal resources is a simple and effective strategy to use in the classroom.
Teacher and career development
26 February, 2014
Chia Suan Chong - Our very own John Keating
Mr Gregory came to us at the right time.
Taking responsibility for professional development, Teacher and career development
7 March, 2016
Chia Suan Chong - Reflecting on teaching
In order for learning to take place, a certain level of understanding is required to convert input into practice, and then practice into...
Methodology
8 September, 2016
Chia Suan Chong: Language change and error correction
If you were to google ‘error correction’ online, you are bound to find multiple websites and blog posts with from useful linguistic...
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Top stories
3 March, 2015
Children worldwide inspired to learn English with new app
Children around the world can now learn English alongside woolly favourite Timmy as the British Council and Aardman Animations launch their...
Understanding learners, Classroom management
19 March, 2014
Chrysa Papalazarou - Large, multi-level classes: worlds within worlds
On writing this post, I thought of starting reflecting on my personal experience by applying the Thinking Routine: See-Think-Wonder.

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