A new landmark research publication has claimed that there has been a gradual shift from the “ideal of mother tongue fluency” towards a more contextualised approach, among other findings. The Future ...

I am often asked why English is such a difficult to learn for non-native speakers. In fact, how hard it is to learn depends on what your native language is; and this follows as languages are more (or ...

Drawing on 90 years of teaching experience, the British Council is integrating artificial intelligence to give learners instant, personalised feedback and new ways to build confidence in speaking. The ...

The British are reviled for their colonising mentality much more than the Spaniards, despite the fact that they colonised ...

All children are born with the same kind of brain wiring, so at the outset, we are all equally adept at learning any possible human language. For a newborn, any language is, in principle, as easy or ...

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The British Council has expanded its English language teaching footprint by opening a new Young Learner English Centre at International Hope School Bangladesh, Uttara campus. It has introduced this ...

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Focus group moderators asked participants if they were in the process of learning English, and what challenges they faced trying to learn the language. Participants shared various ways they learned or ...

Michelle Sheehan has received funding for her research and outreach activities from the British Academy, Language Acts and World Making and the Philological Society. According to a recent survey ...

LONDON ― Órlaith Hallahan never sits on the couch. Never wears a sweater. Doesn't take out the trash. Why would she? She's English. Hallahan sits on the sofa. Wears a jumper. Takes out the rubbish. "I ...