Course: Language and Culture

Welcome to Week 2. If you’ve just joined the course, why not click ‘To do’ at the top of the page to catch up on Week 1. This week, we’ll …

Welcome to the course! Watch our video tutor, Nicole, introduce this week’s topic, English as a global language. Nicole talks about what English means to some of the people we …

We held our final Facebook Live broadcast of the course this week where you had another opportunity to ask our educators your questions about the course and English language learning. …

Our final Facebook live session of the course will be held on Wednesday 12th February at 2pm UK time on the British Council’s LearnEnglish Facebook page. Find out the time …

Read about the English author, Charlotte Brontë, the eldest of the Brontë sisters and author of the classic novel Jane Eyre. Charlotte Brontë was the eldest of three sisters, each …

The Landlady is a short story by Roald Dahl. It was first published in The New Yorker magazine in 1959, and has since appeared in many anthologies of Dahl’s stories. …

Read about the British novelist, short story writer, poet and screenwriter, Roald Dahl, author of some of the most popular children’s stories of all time. This year is the 104th …

This week we’ll be talking about the environment and what we can do to protect it. We’ll talk a bit about your own behaviour, look at an environmentally friendly project …

Watch the short film of Richard visiting the Lake District. Listen carefully. Which of the words from the previous step do you hear? There’ll be a quiz in the next …

Welcome to Week 3. If you’ve only just joined the course, why not click ‘To do’ at the top of the page to catch up on Week 1 and Week …

Welcome to Week 2. If you’ve just joined the course, why not click ‘To do’ at the top of the page to catch up on Week 1. This week, we’ll …

Watch Nicole introduce this week’s topic, English as a global language. There will not be subtitles on videos in the course, because we encourage you to listen to the language, …

This week we’ll be talking about entrepreneurs – people who set up new businesses. You’ll be sharing your opinions about what makes a good entrepreneur – what characteristics do they …

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Two of the educators, Tina and Neil, look back over some of their highlights of the week. In the video, Tina and Neil mentioned several good discussions that have taken …