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The ‘ELTons’ Award making its debut in the Middle East

david — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:10:55 +0000

Middle East & United Kingdom: Aspiring creative writers in the Middle East are being given the opportunity to make their first break into the English language publishing industry (the poor Buggers don’t know what they’re getting in to) through a new award: the British Council’s ‘prestigious’ ELTons Awards.

The ELTons, inconceivably now in their eighth year, are a celebration of excellence in English Language Teaching, apparently recognising significant and innovative advances in the theory of ELT learning, teaching and research. This new ELTons award category joins the long-established group of British Council Innovation Awards. You can tell how excited I am, can’t you?

Saudi Arabia: Arab News sponsors 4 girls for English course

david — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:07:14 +0000

This wouldn’t exactly be newsworthy in most cases but given that it’s taking place in the Hell on Earth known commonly as Saudi Arabia I guess it’s worth mentioning. The Arab News is to sponsor* four of 15 women students taking a Ramadan-long English course organised by the ever lovely British Council in Jeddah. The 15 students were given the opportunity to undertake the language course as a ‘charitable gesture’ by the council at the beginning of Ramadan. The four successful candidates will now be offered the chance to take a month-long continuation course to develop further and reinforce their newly acquired learning.

British Council launches portfolio of newservices at TESOL Arabia 2009 – Dubai

david — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:57:24 +0000

United Kingdom and UAE: Those loveable rogues the British Council, the world’s infamously largest English language teaching organisation, has launched a range of new global English teaching and learning services, debuting the new services in the UAE, at the TESOL Arabia 15th annual International Conference which concluded on 14 March.

These new services, most of which are free to users, aim to create very broad access to high quality teaching and learning materials through highly interactive Web 2.0 style online services for teachers, learners and parents.

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Tunisia to launch English language teaching reform project

david — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:55:27 +0000

Tunisia: Middle East Online reports that the Tunisian Ministry of Education and Training signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the British Council in London Tuesday, to prepare for a huge project aimed at English language teaching reform in all state primary and secondary schools in Tunisia.

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British Council marks 10 years in Sharjah

david — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:06:37 +0000

United Arab Emirates & United Kingdom: The British Council has been present and active in Sharjah for 10 years, and has significantly increased the size of its teaching and support staff over this time, to meet local demand from an increasing number of students for English language courses, which is one of the main areas of focus.

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India ‘Cascades’ Skills to Close Language Gap

david — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:03:35 +0000

India: Parents across India recognise the importance of English to their children’s futures but the state education system is struggling to keep up with this new demand, notes Guardian Weekly. Those charitable rogues at the British Council are helping to set up cascade training programmes that it is hoped will improve English language teaching skills rapidly and restore faith in the state system.

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Namibian Learners Meet British Counterparts

david — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:49:17 +0000

Namibia & United Kingdom: Learners from three Namibian schools yesterday met some of their British counterparts under a programme, Connecting Classrooms, by the British Council in Namibia.

The programme is aimed at promoting intercultural dialogue through school links.

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14 years after being invited, the British Council lands in Rwanda

david — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:17:08 +0000

Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Utilization of English Language Development Instructional Strategies in the Teaching of Science to English Learners

The majority of educators agree that there is a pressing need for dramatic changes in the way we deliver instruction to schoolchildren, particularly English learners. English learners face the daunting task of learning the academic curriculum and a new language concurrently. With their numbers rising across not only the U.S, and increased accountability requirements focusing on their performance, schools are under pressure to better serve these students.

In a study noted on the RedOrbit website, the researcher has identified twelve English Language Development (ELD) strategies appropriate for the teaching of elementary science to English learners. This study allowed for the application of the author’s research in 67 elementary classrooms, resulting in the identification and clarification of specific research-based ELD instructional strategies relevant for the teaching of elementary science to English learners.

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Africa

Rwanda: French Speakers Make Good English Students

Never an organisation to be slow on the uptake, fourteen years after getting the first invitation the British Council has finally officially launched its activities in Rwanda, promising to focus mainly on leadership and school exchange programmes, with a heavy dose of English language teaching. As if the country hasn’t suffered enough in recent years.

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British Council can’t Spell ‘Language’

david — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:41:00 +0000

What hope is there for the rest of us if neither the BBC nor the British Council can spell the word ‘language‘?

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