Podcasts
In this section you can find podcasts produced for teachers and teacher educators by the British Council. Our podcasts are a great way to expand your knowledge and develop an understanding of key issues in English language teaching today.
All episodes from our three podcasts series, 'The climate connection', 'Education in focus' and 'The TeachingEnglish podcast' are available to listen to and download below.
TeachingEnglish podcast: What are your top tips for teaching English?
Download the tenth episode, activity booklet, show notes and transcript from series 2 of our podcast 'British Council TeachingEnglish'. This episode includes tips on the importance of personalisation and context; criticality; humanistic approaches to teaching language; using social media; and general pedagogy to maximise learning outcomes in your classes and make your own ELT journey more enjoyable.
TeachingEnglish podcast: How can the ELT sector become fairer for all teachers?
Download the ninth episode, activity booklet, show notes and transcript from series 2 of our podcast 'British Council Teaching English'.
TeachingEnglish podcast: What is English for Specific Purposes, and how is it different to General English?
Download the eighth episode, activity booklet, show notes and transcript from series 2 of our podcast 'British Council Teaching English'.
TeachingEnglish podcast: How can peer-led training and mentoring support teachers' development?
Download the seventh episode, activity booklet, show notes and transcript from series 2 of our podcast 'British Council Teaching English'.
TeachingEnglish podcast: Why and how should we teach English in crisis and emergency situations?
Download the sixth episode, activity booklet, show notes and transcript from series 2 of our podcast 'British Council Teaching English'.
TeachingEnglish podcast: How can we use 'story' to teach English?
Download the fifth episode, activity booklet, show notes and transcript from series 2 of our podcast 'British Council Teaching English'.
TeachingEnglish podcast: What is the difference between academic English and general English?
Download the fourth episode, activity booklet, show notes and transcript from series 2 of our podcast 'British Council Teaching English'.
TeachingEnglish podcast: How can we teach difficult or taboo subjects?
Download the third episode, activity booklet, show notes and transcript from series 2 of our podcast 'British Council Teaching English'.
TeachingEnglish podcast: How can we use virtual reality to teach English?
Download the second episode, activity booklet, show notes and transcript from series 2 of our podcast 'British Council Teaching English'.
TeachingEnglish podcast: How can we use Football to teach English?
Download the first episode, activity booklet, show notes and transcript from series 2 of our podcast 'British Council Teaching English'.