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British Council Language Assistants

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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...

British Council Language Assistants Podcast Guide

Listen to British Council Language Assistants, a Government & Organizations podcast by British Council. Stream 25 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Culture Shock: Episode 2

Welcome to our second episode on culture shock. This episode, Rand and Sian will be speaking to three former language assistants who have al...

00:48:39Dec 4, 2025

Culture Shock : Episode 1

This episode explores the foundation for understanding culture shock. Join the language assistants team with Saskia, Rand and Aobh as we div...

00:37:59Feb 18, 2025

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 wh...

00:18:00Sep 13, 2022

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 favour...

00:23:05Jan 6, 2022

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 ba...

00:27:29Jul 12, 2021

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...

00:48:48Apr 9, 2021

Spain

Finola and Leona speak to former ELAs and current Ambassadors Lucy and Laura about their experience as an ELA in Spain. From sunsets overloo...

00:39:51Jan 12, 2021

Germany

Joined by team member Elena and former assistants Luis and Ffion, Fin hears all about life in Germany. From admin to bakery etiquette, liste...

00:42:57Dec 11, 2020

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 an...

00:49:42Sep 3, 2020

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...

00:36:54Jun 4, 2020

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 Canadia...

00:26:16Feb 3, 2020

Austria

In this episode, Finola speaks to two former language assistants: Luke and Katrina about their experience in Austria. Both share their key t...

00:26:14Jan 31, 2020

Wellbeing

In this episode, Bethan and Andrew from the British Council discussing the importance of and ways to wellbeing for Language Assistants, with...

00:21:10Jan 21, 2020

France

In this episode, Finola speaks to three former language assistants - Jason, Clorrie and Isabel - about their experience as a language assist...

00:33:55Jan 20, 2020

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...

00:26:04Jan 6, 2020

China

In this episode, Felicity gives the lowdown on eligibility criteria for China and Finola speaks to Jasper and Lorna - two former English Lan...

00:33:31Dec 27, 2019

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 c...

00:14:45Dec 9, 2019

Insurance

A 'must listen' episode this week as we discuss all things insurance! We talk about the importance of insurance with a former English langua...

00:31:03Aug 9, 2019

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