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.
A day in the life of a teacher in a non-specialist school
I started working as a teacher of English and drama at a primary school in Hamburg last September, after working in the private sector for 15 years.
Raising awareness of diversity in the language classroom
In most groups of learners there will be some obvious differences that everyone can see (e.g. age, gender, ethnicity).
Rachael Harris - Bloomifying stories in the Inclusive Practice Classroom
Storytelling has become the new buzz in ELT, which is logical when you consider that it’s one of the few wholly authentic activities that we do in the classroom.
Jeremy Harmer at British Council Armenia
British Council Armenia from 10 to 12 November, 2017 held its 5th “Teacher Development with British Council” event by hosting Jeremy Harmer in Armenia.
Assessing level and CEFR
This free training module provides an overview of issues relating to assessing level. We explore why this issue might be challenging and offer a practical approach to devising assessments at a particular level.
Assessing young learners
This free training module provides an overview of the issues of assessing English as a foreign language for young learners.
Assessment for learning toolkit
This free training module helps develop knowledge of the principles of Assessment for Learning (AfL) and also provides an overview of practical strategies which can be used in language learning classrooms.
Language assessment for teachers
This free training module provides an introduction to the topic of language testing and assessment (LTA) and why it is important for both teachers and students.
Language assessment resources
This free training module provides an introduction to key resources for language testing and assessment .
Introducing a mentoring model in a large-scale teacher development project in India
In this article, Simon Borg and Jon Parnham write about the benefits of mentoring schemes in the context of a large-scale teacher development project in India.