podcast

British Council Language Assistants

by British Council

Culture Shock

18.02.2025 • 00:37:59

This episode explores the foundation for understanding culture shock. Join the language assistants team with Saskia, Rand and Aobh as we dive into wha...

What to pack?

13.09.2022 • 00:18:00

Finola chats to Ellie who was an ELA in Austria during 2020-21 about what is best to pack as a Language Assistant. Listen for top tips on what you rea...

Documenting Your Time

06.01.2022 • 00:23:05

Finola speaks to Georgia and Mabel about their experiences as assistants and how they kept a record of their time. They discuss their favourite memori...

First Experiences of Teaching as a Language Assistant

13.09.2021 • 00:45:44

In this episode, we speak to former English Language Assistants Fran, Dylan and Haleema about their first experiences in the classroom. Providing qual...

Settling In

12.07.2021 • 00:27:29

We hear from assistants Kate and Georgia about their experience of settling in as an ELA during 2019-20. From Welsh-cake candles to brass bands, liste...

Chile

09.04.2021 • 00:48:48

Join us for a trip to the country of the poets in South America with colleagues and assistants. First up, we hear from Gaurav and Ceana. Now both work...

Spain

12.01.2021 • 00:39:51

Finola and Leona speak to former ELAs and current Ambassadors Lucy and Laura about their experience as an ELA in Spain.  From sunsets overlooking the ...

Germany

11.12.2020 • 00:42:57

Joined by team member Elena and former assistants Luis and Ffion, Fin hears all about life in Germany. From admin to bakery etiquette, listen in to he...

Lockdown Learning

03.09.2020 • 00:49:42

2020 has been a very different year for the Language Assistants programme, and this podcast looks to explore how this group of assistants and teachers...

Preparing to Teach

04.06.2020 • 00:36:54

In this episode, former Language Assistant team members Bethan and Beth share their top tips for teaching. They explore how to prepare, what to bring ...