Coming Home
This BritLit kit is the first of an experimental kind in which video, audio and text are all used to create the full narrative; in fact, all three media need to be used for the story to be told.read more
View ArticleWhose Face Do You See?
There are two voices in this story, set around a coma patient's bed in a hospital. One is perplexed and the other is full of concern.read more
View ArticleJourney to Jo'burg
The background of the story is South Africa during the apartheid years. Two young children are travelling alone to Jo’burg to try to find their mother who is needed back in the family village.read more
View ArticleOrange Juice
Children’s laureate Michael Rosen has a way of presenting vexing questions in verse.read more
View ArticleBilly Elliot
‘Billy Elliot’ is the story of a boy from a coal mining family who decides to be a ballet dancer.read more
View ArticleUsing LearnEnglish Kids for listening
Why not use the songs, stories, videos, games and tongue twisters on LearnEnglish Kids for listening practice with your young learners?Here are some tips and ideas on how to use LearnEnglish Kids for...
View ArticleCarapace
A young Sri Lankan woman needs some advice. Her mother wants her to marry a rich man that she has never met, but what does her boyfriend think?read more
View ArticleSocialising 3: Social networking
Why is it that when you go to a conference or business gathering, everyone else seems to know each other already? At least part of the answer to the puzzle seems to be social networking: getting to...
View ArticleProgramme 9: Teacher reading
Copyright British Council 2011'Teaching reading' is a subject at the very heart of learning. What steps can we take to make students more confident readers? And how can we find a variety of materials -...
View ArticleChain Reaction
All seems to be going well on the cruise ship when suddenly there is a most unusual disruption. Louise Cooper’s very short story, previously unpublished, forms the basis of the latest kit for younger...
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