Course: Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching

This is a recording of our live Facebook discussion. Paul Braddock and Kate Borthwick answered questions from the course and talked about online learning. This took place on Thursday 25th …

We hope that you have enjoyed your journey with us. We really enjoyed meeting you and hearing your thoughts and experiences of language learning. We learned a lot, and we …

This is the recording of the live session held on Tuesday 6th November, featuring Josh Underwood, Kate Borthwick and Anne Foreman answering questions related to online learning/teaching. The Question-and-answer session …

Jo Dixon will provide feedback on the week’s activities in a short video update. The video will appear here by Sunday 8th November.

In this article, Will Baker gives a picture of life as a researcher in the Centre for Global Englishes. He reflects on the activities which have taken place over the …

In this video, Will Baker invites you to join our live and current research project. You can be part of our research by telling us about language policies and practices …

In this video, Jennifer Jenkins outlines her recent research and thinking on the use of English around the world. Jennifer talks about three phases of thinking about how English is …

In this video, Jennifer Jenkins interviews Anna Mauranen, from the University of Helskinki, about the use of English as a lingua franca in universities. Jennifer and Anna are pioneers of …

Jo Dixon provided feedback on the week’s activities via a near real-time video update. Watch the video review in youtube Conversations to join Connectivititillating, a new term coined by our …

In this video, Darren Paffey introduces the ideas you will explore in this final week of the course. You will hear about the latest developments in Global Englishes’ research from …

A recording of the BeLive Facebook chat. If you missed our live session this week, watch this recording to catch up with what happened! Participants were Josh Underwood (British Council) …

This is a recording of the live Q and A held on 13th May. This discussion was hosted by the British Council in their Teaching English Facebook page. It featured …

This week, you will consider a case study of the most widely taught and learnt language: English. What is the role of English in the world today? What are the …

We hope you’ve enjoyed Week 1 of this course. You can check your progress on the course so far. Next week we’ll explore language teaching in the classroom and we …

Responding to questions and controversies in ELF This session was recorded live with a panel of ELF specialists from the University of Southampton on Friday 29th April 2016. We discussed …