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Articles

Read articles written by expert teachers and English language professionals about a wide range of current English language teaching topics and issues. All of our articles feature ideas and suggestions about how you can develop your teaching and bring new ideas into your English language classroom.

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Giving constructive feedback to teenagers

Sanaa Bedri, a teacher at the British Council in Casablanca, shares her action research into effective methods for giving feedback to teenage learners of English.

Managing the lesson
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English teaching talks – Integrating ICT

Use these videos from Nik Peachey about integrating ICT in the classroom, to help with your professional development.

Using digital technologies
Understanding my professional identity
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Online Storytelling: Engaging, Personal, Creative

David Heathfield looks at how storytelling can be used effectively in online English language classes and gives practical advice with clear examples.

Planning lessons and courses
Managing the lesson

Building resilience

As we begin to look beyond the immediate world crisis, colleagues from the British Council’s Language for Resilience team tell us how their approach to building resilience for migrants can be applied to our work.

Using inclusive practices