Future of English
Insights from our team of expert researchers & contributors.
Teachers
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 ...
Our events
The launch of The Future of English: Global Perspectives last year was accompanied by an interactive travelling exhibition. The aim of the exhibition was to share key findings from the book ...
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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.
Apply for: 'Socio-economic modelling of the impact of English’ What is the opportunity? The British Council are seeking costed proposals from a multi-disciplinary research team for a desk-ba...
Teachers
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...
Our research experts
Meet the authors Meet the authors and editors of our recent publication The Future of English: Global Perspectives. Mina Patel Mina is a researcher with the Assessment Research Group at the ...
Teachers
In this article we explore the role of teacher beliefs and values on teaching practices. Mina Patel is a researcher at British Council and co-author of the landmark publication The Future of...
Our events
In April we published our new book The Future of English: Global Perspectives. Alongside this we launched our Future of English travelling exhibition with the aim to continue gathering globa...
Teachers
We are living through a period where the pace of change seems relentless. This changing world has implications for the use and the teaching of the English language. Change creates opportunit...