British Council To Offer Open Online Courses Again

British Council To Offer Open Online Courses Again

British Council repeats free open online courses through a web portal named futurelearn.com. This is the second time the council is offering the course by popular demand.

The course will explore English: Language and Culture, and will be carried for 6 weeks beginning from February 6.

BC has introduced its first course in September.

The course aims to provide better understanding of language for work and study. Chris Brandwood, Regional Business Development Manager, English, British Council South Asia in a statement said, “This course is for those keen to improve their English for work, travel or study.

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Large numbers of people from across the world signed up for the first edition of the course and we look forward to large numbers this time too.”

Students will be coached with short videos presenting different topic each week and centres on social interaction, where people engage in debates and participate in online quizzes.

The council has collaborated with FutureLearn and partner universities to allow students getting access to British Council English language content and assessment.

The first edition of this course was launched in September, 2014 and was quite successful.

In its first edition, there were over 1.22 lakh learners registered and participation levels were the highest that FutureLearn has seen since their launch in December 2012.

Online Learning By British Council

British Council offers English learning courses online under different process like listen & watch, grammar & vocabulary, fun & games and business & work. The council also helps students in preparing IELTS for higher studies and work in foreign countries.

About Future Learn

FutureLearn offers online courses through leading universities around the world. It is a private company wholly owned by The Open University, with the benefit of over 40 years of their experience in distance learning and online education.

The company has 40 partners from different countries like UK, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The company also has partnership with institutions carrying archive of cultural and educational material, such as the British Council, the British Library, the British Museum, and the National Film and Television School. Apart from such institutions the company has tie up with professional bodies like Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), to businesses like the BBC and Marks & Spencer, to the UK Government.

Students interested in learning from FutureLearn must be at least 13 years old to create a profile. Parents can register using their own name and then supervise a child throughout the course.

The British Council intends to convey high excellence English materials to each learner or teacher who wants them globally. It works with governments to improve and change whole education systems to increase prospects and employability through English. It also conveys English teaching and trains teachers by online medium as radio, web and broadcast in developing countries.

The British Council has extensive variety of free online resources to assist adults, teenagers and children to learn English. The resources comprise of videos, mobile apps, games, stories, listening activities and grammar exercises.

For Detailed information contact BC Online English Course.