The purpose of this article is to provide some guidance through the wealth of available materials and support, to provide a platform for...
1 October, 2014
30 September, 2014
Using audio with text is the easiest extension from just using text. In its most effective form this consists of a recording being made of...
29 September, 2014
The 'Text and Activities' method is the most common approach to using fiction and poetry in the classroom. It is low tech in that all we...
28 September, 2014
Hyperfiction (or hypertext) has been described as an alternative to ‘the authoritarian linearity of conventional book-contained text.’ In...
27 February, 2014
The work of Dylan Thomas is meaningful for us in a range of ways. In working with the English language, the writing of Dylan Thomas not...
27 February, 2014
Dylan Thomas once noted, late in his all-too-brief life, that “A good poem is a contribution to reality.” Throughout his literary career he...
27 February, 2014
Dylan Thomas began his now globally recognised career by writing poems. His poetry was published from 1936 until his death in 1953. A...
22 July, 2013
Northanger Abbey, like Pride and Prejudice, features a range of characters who behave heroically and those who behave more villainously.
22 July, 2013
The last novel that Jane Austen had published was Persuasion.
22 July, 2013
Rather like Austen’s most famous novel, this book’s title immediately lets us know that it’s a story about emotion and reason, ethics and...
6 June, 2013
Like Pride and Prejudice, Emma is a novel that cleverly explores human relationships, and the infinitely varied, day-to-day choices in how...
5 June, 2013
Mansfield Park is Jane Austen’s third published novel and many readers and scholars think that it is her highest accomplishment.
28 January, 2013
When we talk to each other we reveal a great deal about how we think and how we feel about the subject at hand and the world around us.
28 January, 2013
Pride and Prejudice is now one of the most well-known literary love stories, with people encountering it either as a novel or a tv series...
24 January, 2013
Like many novelists, part of what they write about relates to the wider world they see around them.
24 January, 2013
Like all characters in fiction, there are those we can think of as heroes and those we can think of as villains.
23 January, 2013
Pride and Prejudice is set in a number of rural settings. For much of her life Jane Austen lived at the family home in Chawton in Hampshire...
6 March, 2012
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and the British Council has been helping to celebrate his 200th birthday. One way that we have done this...
19 January, 2012
You and your students might already enjoy reading and listening to poetry in your own language and perhaps in English too. Poems are, after...
30 June, 2010
Our guest walked down the aircraft steps onto the tarmac and was greeted by a small band and a few dancers dressed in traditional costume...
21 May, 2004
In this article a teacher reflects on his experiences of creating plays and using them to help motivate students to develop their English.
15 May, 2003
This is the first of two articles that look at ways to apply the process model of motivation as proposed by Dornyei (2001) to a number of...
15 May, 2003
This is the second of two articles that look at ways to apply the process model of motivation as proposed by Dornyei (2001) to a number of...
1 October, 2014
The purpose of this article is to provide some guidance through the wealth of available materials and support, to provide a platform for...
30 September, 2014
Using audio with text is the easiest extension from just using text. In its most effective form this consists of a recording being made of...
29 September, 2014
The 'Text and Activities' method is the most common approach to using fiction and poetry in the classroom. It is low tech in that all we...
28 September, 2014
Hyperfiction (or hypertext) has been described as an alternative to ‘the authoritarian linearity of conventional book-contained text.’ In...
27 February, 2014
The work of Dylan Thomas is meaningful for us in a range of ways. In working with the English language, the writing of Dylan Thomas not...
27 February, 2014
Dylan Thomas once noted, late in his all-too-brief life, that “A good poem is a contribution to reality.” Throughout his literary career he...
27 February, 2014
Dylan Thomas began his now globally recognised career by writing poems. His poetry was published from 1936 until his death in 1953. A...
22 July, 2013
Northanger Abbey, like Pride and Prejudice, features a range of characters who behave heroically and those who behave more villainously.
22 July, 2013
The last novel that Jane Austen had published was Persuasion.
22 July, 2013
Rather like Austen’s most famous novel, this book’s title immediately lets us know that it’s a story about emotion and reason, ethics and...
6 June, 2013
Like Pride and Prejudice, Emma is a novel that cleverly explores human relationships, and the infinitely varied, day-to-day choices in how...
5 June, 2013
Mansfield Park is Jane Austen’s third published novel and many readers and scholars think that it is her highest accomplishment.
28 January, 2013
When we talk to each other we reveal a great deal about how we think and how we feel about the subject at hand and the world around us.
28 January, 2013
Pride and Prejudice is now one of the most well-known literary love stories, with people encountering it either as a novel or a tv series...
24 January, 2013
Like many novelists, part of what they write about relates to the wider world they see around them.
24 January, 2013
Like all characters in fiction, there are those we can think of as heroes and those we can think of as villains.
23 January, 2013
Pride and Prejudice is set in a number of rural settings. For much of her life Jane Austen lived at the family home in Chawton in Hampshire...
6 March, 2012
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and the British Council has been helping to celebrate his 200th birthday. One way that we have done this...
19 January, 2012
You and your students might already enjoy reading and listening to poetry in your own language and perhaps in English too. Poems are, after...
30 June, 2010
Our guest walked down the aircraft steps onto the tarmac and was greeted by a small band and a few dancers dressed in traditional costume...
21 May, 2004
In this article a teacher reflects on his experiences of creating plays and using them to help motivate students to develop their English.
15 May, 2003
This is the first of two articles that look at ways to apply the process model of motivation as proposed by Dornyei (2001) to a number of...
15 May, 2003
This is the second of two articles that look at ways to apply the process model of motivation as proposed by Dornyei (2001) to a number of...
30 June, 2010
Our guest walked down the aircraft steps onto the tarmac and was greeted by a small band and a few dancers dressed in traditional costume...
30 September, 2014
Using audio with text is the easiest extension from just using text. In its most effective form this consists of a recording being made of...
21 May, 2004
In this article a teacher reflects on his experiences of creating plays and using them to help motivate students to develop their English.
27 February, 2014
Dylan Thomas once noted, late in his all-too-brief life, that “A good poem is a contribution to reality.” Throughout his literary career he...
27 February, 2014
Dylan Thomas began his now globally recognised career by writing poems. His poetry was published from 1936 until his death in 1953. A...
27 February, 2014
The work of Dylan Thomas is meaningful for us in a range of ways. In working with the English language, the writing of Dylan Thomas not...
6 June, 2013
Like Pride and Prejudice, Emma is a novel that cleverly explores human relationships, and the infinitely varied, day-to-day choices in how...
28 September, 2014
Hyperfiction (or hypertext) has been described as an alternative to ‘the authoritarian linearity of conventional book-contained text.’ In...
5 June, 2013
Mansfield Park is Jane Austen’s third published novel and many readers and scholars think that it is her highest accomplishment.
15 May, 2003
This is the first of two articles that look at ways to apply the process model of motivation as proposed by Dornyei (2001) to a number of...
15 May, 2003
This is the second of two articles that look at ways to apply the process model of motivation as proposed by Dornyei (2001) to a number of...
22 July, 2013
Northanger Abbey, like Pride and Prejudice, features a range of characters who behave heroically and those who behave more villainously.
22 July, 2013
The last novel that Jane Austen had published was Persuasion.
28 January, 2013
When we talk to each other we reveal a great deal about how we think and how we feel about the subject at hand and the world around us.
28 January, 2013
Pride and Prejudice is now one of the most well-known literary love stories, with people encountering it either as a novel or a tv series...
24 January, 2013
Like many novelists, part of what they write about relates to the wider world they see around them.
22 July, 2013
Rather like Austen’s most famous novel, this book’s title immediately lets us know that it’s a story about emotion and reason, ethics and...
29 September, 2014
The 'Text and Activities' method is the most common approach to using fiction and poetry in the classroom. It is low tech in that all we...
24 January, 2013
Like all characters in fiction, there are those we can think of as heroes and those we can think of as villains.
23 January, 2013
Pride and Prejudice is set in a number of rural settings. For much of her life Jane Austen lived at the family home in Chawton in Hampshire...
6 March, 2012
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and the British Council has been helping to celebrate his 200th birthday. One way that we have done this...
1 October, 2014
The purpose of this article is to provide some guidance through the wealth of available materials and support, to provide a platform for...
19 January, 2012
You and your students might already enjoy reading and listening to poetry in your own language and perhaps in English too. Poems are, after...