For refugees, learning English is a crucial step towards resettling. But barriers to ESOL access makes this ever more challenging. Here, we suggest some solutions.
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Trim the admin: Keycode Access
Too many students, groups, classes, and programs to handle? Keycode Access can reduce and streamline your admin. Here’s how.
Item analysis: How reliable is your test?
This post explains what item analysis is, how we use it, and what you’ll find in a robust and reliable test.
Corporate training: Streamlining English language testing
English language testing is crucial in the petroleum industry. This is how one training organisation found the most suitable placement test.
The Critical Thinking conundrum
Faced with AI, social media, and ‘intercultural communicative competence’, students must engage with critical thinking. Here’s how to do it.
Placement tests: Can your choice of device affect your result?
No one wants to be disadvantaged during a test. Here is a reminder of what students can expect when taking the Dynamic Placement Test on different devices.
Internationalising an English test
Can we, and should we, make English tests more international? Andrew Stokes explores the possibilities.
Defining a language test
This month we are highlighting this post by Sean McDonald of telc Language Tests. Here he explains why not all tests are created equal.
Placement testing: What does it mean?
What is the difference between ‘accuracy’ and ‘reliability’? Learn ten key phrases in testing terminology.
Online learning for Syrian and Lebanese youth
The HOPES-LEB project aims to improve the chances for a better future for young people in Lebanon. Here’s how they do it.
The Critical Thinking conundrum
Faced with AI, social media, and ‘intercultural communicative competence’, students must engage with critical thinking. Here’s how to do it.
Extended edition: All series
Sometimes we come across a topic that we can’t fit into one post. So we created blog series. Take a look at our first four series here.
The quest for VoiceGPT
The voices we hear in day-to-day life aren’t always what they seem. In this post, we’ll identify the benefits of using computer generated voices as a resource for teachers, students and publishers – then we’ll ask whether the technology is up to the job yet.
Intonation: Guidelines, not rules
We discovered the hard way that generally accepted ‘rules’ for intonation are often misleading. Clear Pronunciation 2 balances ‘rules’ and ‘guidelines’. Here’s how.
Thirty years of Clarity
Our 30th anniversary has allowed us to connect, reflect and plan for the future. See more from our 30 year anniversary here.
IELTS: What the candidates say
Road to IELTS runs around five million sessions every year for candidates hoping to achieve the IELTS band score they need. Read one candidate’s experience of using Road to IELTS.
IELTS: Directed independent learning
This series uncovers ideas and activities from British Council teaching centres around the world. Read on for tips for directed independent learning from British Council Education India, Bangalore.
British Council HK: Students’ wants versus needs
This series uncovers ideas and activities from British Council IELTS teaching centres around the world. Read on for three ideas from British Council Hong Kong.
British Council Greece: Teaching teachers
This series uncovers ideas and activities from British Council IELTS teaching centres around the world. Read on for three ideas from British Council Greece.
British Council Vietnam IELTS: It’s all in the plan
This series uncovers ideas and activities from British Council IELTS teaching centres around the world. Read on for four lessons from British Council Vietnam.