“We discovered that in Israeland Iranthe situation is the same”. This was the comment that stopped me in my tracks and brought home the importance of our summer school in Uludag from 18-25th of July. The summer school was for experienced teachers and fledgling trainers who wanted to upgrade their skills and become British Council [Read More]
You may have wondered who IELTS Examiners are, and I am here to tell you that they are dedicated people from every walk of life and from all over the world. I myself am honored to have the privilege of being an IELTS Examiner and to work with the British Council. This opportunity has broadened [Read More]
“We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.” John Dewey I heard this quote of Dewey at Sabancı University Preparatory School, 2nd International Conference on Language Teaching between June 2-4 in2011. This was an event I attended thanks to the Silver Award given by the British Council as a result of [Read More]
There are films that change your life. There are songs that give you a very strong heart beat and there are books that spiritualize you. There are also some days or events that change your whole life. My story begins on a nice snowy day in Istanbul of the 1990s. It was the day when [Read More]
Across Turkey the inspiring, disruptive and sometimes controversial works commissioned by the project have stimulated public debate in five specific cities, affecting the way millions of citizens think about their future. “My City is not about scoring points but about engagement at many different levels,” remarked an internationally active Turkish artist who contributed to a [Read More]
On 21 June 2011 we celebrate one year to go to the London 2012 Festival, the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad, which is designed to inspire creativity in the UK across all forms of culture, especially among young people. In this blog, Jeff Streeter visits a school in Ankara to see the international legacy of the London [Read More]
It was the summer of 1996, the year I made contact with the English and the language of the same name. Back then I was a high school student who was soon to be a university student. Since English constitutes an important role both in pre/post academical life my parents thought I should get acquainted with [Read More]
