Broadening the EMI offer at Yunnan University

University students in China expect a more international environment during their studies, but many lecturers struggle to use English in the classroom, often lacking the confidence and expertise to teach in an EMI context. Yunnan University is offering more EMI/bilingual classes to students thanks to an extremely successful EMI training course for lecturers.

Read the Yunnan University case study.

Empowering Teachers in Southwest China

Guizhou province is a less developed area, with many ethnic minorities, and it was here that the British Council’s Teaching for Success approach was first used in China. Introducing communicative language teaching in an area such as this was a major step forward in the reform of the education system and demonstrates the local government’s commitment to reducing the gap in English teaching with more developed areas.

Find out more about the region and the training.

Broadening ELT Horizons for Thai Master Trainers

After the end of the Regional English Training Centre project Thai Master Trainers (TMTs) are still ensuring the sustainability of the project continuing to support teachers across the country.  To support the TMTs the British Council took a group to this year's IATEFL, where they learnt all about the latest developments in ELT.

Learn more about TMTs and their exciting trip to the UK.

Teaching English through drama in China

Drama can be a highly effective tool in the ELT classroom, and there has been an increasing demand in the Chinese school market for training in this area.  In response to the demand the British Council in China developed a new course, Drama in ELT and primary and high school teachers in Tianjin’s TEDA district were the first to benefit from the course.

Read more about the course and the training in Tianjin.

New publications and research papers

The TeachingEnglish website is always being updated with new publications and research papers, and here are a few recently published ones:

• Creating an inclusive school environment - This report highlights the need for inclusive education and some of the steps being taken to implement it.
• Innovations in education: Remote teaching - This collection of papers offers insight into live online language teaching and teacher training.
• Managing the Lesson: self-study booklet - This self-study guide contains useful theory and practice on managing lessons effectively.
• Video in language teacher education - This report details and evaluates the range of video-based practices currently being used in language teacher education.
• Classroom assessment: the development of teachers’ cognitions - This research project investigated teacher cognitions and assessment.

Upcoming conferences across the region

Find out about ELT conferences and events taking place across East Asia in the coming months as well as deadlines for submitting papers, abstracts and presentations.