#46, Free eBook: Impact Study of British Council Teaching Centre EFL Classes

By Tarun Patel

This study, by Dr Simon Borg of the University of Leeds, assesses the impact that studying English has on students’ lives.

Interviews were conducted with 47 British Council students in Muscat, Cairo, Rome, Madrid, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City. The findings suggest that learning English has a positive impact on a wide range of issues:

Employment prospects, performance and promotion
Access to education and professional development
Use of technology
Leisure activities
Intercultural communication
Intercultural understanding
Confidence
Attitudes towards English and the UK
Access to information
Service encounters
Citizenship

The study thus provides clear evidence of the varied ways in which students feel that improving their command of English makes a significant contribution to their lives.

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January 11th, 2010

About... Tarun Patel

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Tarun Patel (http://tarunpatel.net/blog/) is an ELT and Communication skills teacher, working with Charotar University of Science & Technology (CHARUSAT - http://charusat.ac.in/). He has been dealing with the Language learning processes for last seven years. 'Technology in Teaching English' is his favorite domain and he has presented several research papers in national and international conferences on the same theme. He is the founder editor of ELTWeekly (http://eltweekly.com/), India's first weekly ELT eNewsletter which reaches in more than forty countries and benefits more than 1600d teachers of English and Communication Skills. Have a look at his personal blog http://tarunpatel.net/blog/.