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A lingua franca is a language that is used widely outside the country where it is spoken as a native language.

ELT refers to the activity and industry of teaching English to speakers of other languages.

English as a Foreign Language, or EFL, refers to learning and using English as an additional language in a non-English speaking country.

The direct method of teaching was developed as a response to the Grammar-Translation method. It sought to immerse the learner in the same way as when a first language is learnt.

In November 2014, at The Image Conference in Córdoba, Spain, we presented a short video called A Visual Manifesto for Language Teaching. Following the success of the conference, we were asked by the British Council's TeachingEnglish website to write an article about the film. In this brief question and answer session, we will explain the ideas behind the creation of the film, how we went about making it, who and what was involved and where we see video and film going in the future of ELT.

In this article, experienced writers Katherine Bilsborough and Cheryl Palin discuss their strategies for writing stories for primary and offer some advice to anyone wanting to start.

Web 2.0 has been described as many things by many people.

Neuro-linguistic Programming is based on a model of communication and psychotherapy.

Sociocultural awareness means awareness of the societies and cultures of the target language, and therefore of the contexts the language is used in.

Rapport in language learning refers to the relationship between the teacher and the learners.