eLanguages creative collaboration for teachers globally

“Through my studies I have come across a large number of platforms recently and what I have learned about eLanguages in the workshop makes it the best online platform I have seen so far.” Sabine Huber, Munich Germany about to complete her doctoral dissertation on the use of eLearning in English Language Teaching

“It’s brilliant. I’ve been looking for a set of web tools for school links for the last two years. Even better, the instructions on how to use it are in the native language of the user. This means that the schools in Ariège I am currently working with will easily be able to put up pages with a minimum of training.” Alex Savage, Advanced Skills Teacher, Norfolk

“The eLanguages workshops were absolutely stunning. They certainly exceeded all my expectations. I had hoped to enjoy the visit but it has gone far beyond that. It has given me enthusiasm and I can’t wait to continue and do more projects.” Mary Rick, Class Teacher Bonington Junior School

What is eLanguages? An online collaborative tool for teachers globally, developed by the British Council and Rages for the Department for Education and Skills Multilingual (English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Italian, Japanese, Punjabi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati and Hindi versions) Free at the point of use Enables teachers create and/or use collaborative resource-based projects Offers each project 100 MB of space

Why is it needed? Focus on international educational links Focus on language learning Focus on ICT in education

language versions including the world 10 most popular

comprehensive help system

personalised Mypage: - user activity - start a new project - access your Hello page

Hello page - introduce your class, school, town - provide relevant partnership information to the world

eLanguages projects Teacher + Concept Partnership Structured Project Space Resources eLanguages Project Concept Structured Project Space Resources eLanguages Project Concept Partnership Join!

start a project

eLanguages project categories select appropriate project category

fill in the form and save

eLanguages project page within minutes you can start building your project

Step 1: add project stages to guarantee a structured project

example project page with five project stages

a comprehensive range of resources can be added to the project stages (movies, sound files, pictures, galleries, text, polls, web links) resources are added to the project page by teachers but can be created or sourced either by teachers or students

الصبر مفتاح الفرج students and teachers create the resources for each stage… Stage 1 English and Arabic Phrases

3 Meaning of Phrases 2 Student Interviews 4 Usage of Phrases

eLanguages project page the completed project page, stages and the resources

Some more examples Landscapes In Oman and UK Year 7 pets forum From your own correspondent Our world gallery forum audio video poll spreadsheet

How to start 1. Register for an account 2. Create your Hello page 3. Start or join a project concept 4. Build new partnerships 5. Create Gold Star eLanguages projects with your partners

Contacts For further information please contact: Your local British Council office: or the eLanguages team: