British Council Language Assistants
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British Council Language Assistants
Find out first-hand about all things language assistants... We'll be chatting with colleagues, former assistants and experts on a range of themes. From finding accommodation to settling into school life; listen and prepare for your time overseas. Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss an episo...
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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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Exploring Gender Equality: Language Assistants and Beyond
With International Women's Day on 08 March, the Language Assistant podcast has carried out a special episode exploring gender within the programme its...
Canada
In this episode, Finola is joined by Renaud and Rhianna as they discuss life in Quebec. Featuring ski-doos, poutine and the topic of Canadian French,...
Austria
In this episode, Finola speaks to two former language assistants: Luke and Katrina about their experience in Austria. Both share their key top tips ab...
Wellbeing
In this episode, Bethan and Andrew from the British Council discussing the importance of and ways to wellbeing for Language Assistants, with helpful l...
France
In this episode, Finola speaks to three former language assistants - Jason, Clorrie and Isabel - about their experience as a language assistant in Fra...
Italy
In this episode, Olivia is joined by Felicity and Emma who look back on their time as a language assistant in Italy. From delicious food to Romeo and...
China
In this episode, Felicity gives the lowdown on eligibility criteria for China and Finola speaks to Jasper and Lorna - two former English Language Teac...
How to Apply
In this episode, Finola and Olivia look at the application process, how it works and what we are looking for in English Language Assistant candidates.
Insurance
A 'must listen' episode this week as we discuss all things insurance!
We talk about the importance of insurance with a former English language a...
Accommodation
Bethan and Olivia chat to former English Language Assistant Sophie about the different types of accommodation Language Assistants could consider abroa...
Learning the lingo
Bethan and Conor are joined by fellow colleague Imo to chat about language learning. They discuss the various ways in which you can develop your langu...
Village vs City
Conor and Bethan catch up with two former Language Assistants to discuss the pros and cons of living and working in a city or village. They speak to G...
School Allocation
Bethan, Conor and Olivia chat about placement and school allocations. From receiving your exact school information and location from overseas partners...
Trailer
Whether you already have a Language Assistants placement confirmed, are thinking about applying in the future, or are generally looking for informati...