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    Here you can find a wide range of practical resources to use in the English language classroom, whether you're teaching primary, secondary, or adult students. There are over 400 full lesson plans to choose from, covering different topics and themes and organised according to the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR).

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ELT research awards

The English and School Education team at the British Council is reviewing our grant work portfolio this year. As part of this process, the English Language Research Awards (ELTRAs) will be on hold for the upcoming year. We will therefore not be issuing a call for ELTRAs in 2025–26. We will update this page with details of our plans once our review is complete.

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ELTRA 2025 winners

See the winners of the ELTRA 2025 awards.

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ELTRA 2024 winners

See the winners of the ELTRA 2024 awards.

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ELTRA 2021 winners

See the ELTRA 2021 awards.

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ELTRA 2020 winners

See the winners of the ELTRA 2020 awards

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ELTRA 2019 winners

See the winners of the ELTRA 2019 awards

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ELTRA 2018 winners

Find out this year's winners of the British Council's English Language Teaching Research Awards (ELTRA), which aim to facilitate the production of innovative research and benefit the learning and teaching of English.

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ELTRA 2017 winners

Find out who received funding from the ELTRA awards in 2017.

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ELTRA 2016 winners

Details of the winners of the ELTRA awards in 2016.

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