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# Global Perspectives

Insights from our team of expert researchers & contributors.

 

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English for Work

[ The Future of English Team ](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/author/the-future-of-english-team)

### Rethinking global student choice

 Rethinking global student choice: what matters in higher education today For decades, a small group of countries has dominated international higher education. The United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Canada – often referred to as the ‘Big...

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### Featured posts

Teachers

Making success criteria meaningful for students

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From AI literacy to AI fluency: Ten shifts for educators

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Multilingual approaches to English language teaching

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## Multilingualism

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### Multilingual approaches to English language teaching

 Multilingual approaches to English language teaching: what does this mean for assessment? In today’s classrooms and workplaces, English often acts as a bridge; a common language that connect...

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Multilingualism

[ The Future of English Team ](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/author/the-future-of-english-team)

### What role will English play in our multilingual reality?

 Multilingualism is a reality the world over; this is not new, but is being increasingly recognised and accepted in academic literature and political legislatures. But what is multilingualism...

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**What lies ahead?**

How we learn and speak English is evolving, with significant implications for educational institutions, government agencies, NGOs and policy makers. Learn about these findings and more in our book.

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[ Cerys Wright ](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/author/cerys-wright)

### The Future of English: one year on

 Since launching The Future of English: Global Perspectives in April 2023, the Future of English research programme has grown and flourished. New research projects have been commissioned and ...

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[ Mina Patel ](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/author/mina-patel)

### In our rapidly changing world what is the future of the English language?

 English is one of the most spoken languages in the world, but what will English look like in the future? Here Mina Patel, one of the authors of the new British Council publication ‘The Futur...

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