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British Council Schools
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Choose from a wide range of resources to give your class a glimpse into other cultures and provide a base to develop international partnerships.
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    🐉Explore the tale of Chinese dragons and Chinese New Year traditions in our Year of the Dragon education pack. Packed with info and activities, it helps your pupils learn about Chinese language and culture. Download here: bit.ly/3ROR4NQ
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    Join the next @ncle_ioe webinar to hear about Motivation through Foundational Knowledge: The Three Pillars. Learn what this means for #MFL teachers. 1 Feb, 5-6pm. Register: bit.ly/3U0kY4x
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    Join the next @ncle_iou webinar for #mfl teachers, 1 Feb, 5-6pm. Motivation through Foundational Knowledge: The Three Pillars. Looking at practice and use of phonics in meaningful contexts. Find out more and register: bit.ly/3U0kY4x
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    We asked @larrylamb47, who is a great champion for language learning, to contribute to our 'Express Yourself in Lockdown' languages project. Hear his fabulous rendition of a French poem⬇️ and get involved yourself using #CelebrateSpeaking
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    'Six in ten UK adults wish they’d kept up the foreign language they studied at school.' Latest @BritishCouncil survey finds that 66% of UK adults did not appreciate benefits of studying a foreign language when they were at school. Read more➡️ britishcouncil.org/about/press/si…
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    📣LAUNCHING TODAY! Our most popular #ConnectingClassrooms resources are now online in bite-sized activities perfect for home learning!💻Start with top resource Life Below Water and tackle plastic pollution🐟 bit.ly/2Wvdkj3 @DFID_Education @DFID_UK #UKaid #HomeLearningUK
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    Want to keep language learners engaged during lockdown❓ Take part in 'Express Yourself in Lockdown'! Share a video📹 of you or your students reading a poem/giving a presentation in another language using #CelebrateSpeaking to get involved. Find out more➡️ bit.ly/392bD4h
    Four children seated against a blue background holding colourful speech bubbles above their heads
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    Discover life, language & culture with our collection of Around the World 🌍resources! Countries include Russia 🇷🇺 Indonesia 🇮🇩 Poland 🇵🇱 China 🇨🇳 Mexico 🇲🇽 India 🇮🇳and Arabic language and culture bit.ly/2WPwcL9 #cultureconnectsus #connectedbylearning #homelearningUK
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    #WorldWaterDay is a fantastic opportunity to learn about how to protect our blue spaces🐋 and the Life Below Water resource from #ConnectingClassrooms is packed full of inspiring ideas on where to start! bit.ly/3cBQ1fs @FCDOGovUK @FCDOEducation #UKAid
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    Do you believe that young people are instrumental in our fight to save our planet? Author of 'The Sandman' @neilhimself talks about this and the power of fiction at our live online panel discussion, 'Conversation for Change': bit.ly/3u1yS5K #TheClimateConnection #COP26
    Neil Gaiman image with quote 'Young people have been the catalyst of a lot of important movements over history partly because they're not tired and because they know that things can be different.'
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    Join a global education community who are #ConnectedByLearning and hear how teachers from Pakistan 🇵🇰, Nigeria 🇳🇬, Brazil 🇧🇷 and the UK 🇬🇧 are maintaining their resilience through school closures and lockdown. Stay #ConnectedByLearning at this free webinar bit.ly/2CoNgQr
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    Want to build students’ communication skills? Put a spin on professional development #ConnectingClassrooms goo.gl/eoQ4wn
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    Today is European Day of Languages. Have fun recognising the range of #Languages spoken throughout Europe, celebrate the languages spoken in your school. Download our free resources to give you ideas: bit.ly/3Z0Gh6x #EduTwitter #MFLtwitterati @CoE_Education
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    🎉It's day one of International Education Week!🎉 Check out the full line-up of events📆 happening this week, download a free resource🌏 and register to join this afternoon's Languages for all webinar with @APPGMFL ➡️ bit.ly/3jDGE0l #IEW2020 #StayConnected #MFLtwitterati