Community events

Community events

The British Council organises events on social media where you can ask our expert educators questions. If you have any questions about our courses or about learning English in general, you're welcome to join our live events on Facebook and YouTube. They're free and you can join as many as you want. 

What are community events?

Our community events are an opportunity to listen to teachers and experts from the British Council answering questions from learners like you. The events take place on Facebook and on YouTube and each one lasts about 30 minutes.

How do I join in?

You can find a list of events on this page. Look at the event details and if the time is suitable for you, just follow the event meeting link. If you want to ask questions, you need a Facebook or YouTube account. If you don't or can't use Facebook or YouTube, you can watch a recording of the events – see the event details page for a link to the recording.

What happens in a live event?

Our team of educators lead a discussion about the topic and then answer questions from the viewing audience. People all over the world join in and ask questions! 

Join our live event to support our learners studying grammar: Checking the facts – question tags.

Join our live Christmas quiz for lots of festive language fun!

Join our live event and ask our expert educator your questions about the English language and learning English.

Join our live event to support our learners studying grammar: Everyday life – delexical verbs.

Watch a recording of our live event to support our learners studying grammar: Me, myself and I – reflexive pronouns.

Watch a recording of our live event to support our learners studying grammar: Black Friday – modifying comparatives and superlatives.

Watch a recording of our live event to support our learners studying grammar: Halloween – scary stories and modal verbs.

Watch a recording of the live event to support our learners studying grammar: Talking Gen Z – how languages evolve.

Watch a recording of our live event to support our learners studying grammar: Music – collocations.

Watch a recording of our live event to support our learners studying grammar: Friday 13th – language for talking about superstitions.

Watch a recording of our live event to support our learners studying grammar: School days – adjectives and prepositions.

Watch a recording of our live event to support our learners studying grammar: Money – phrasal verbs and idioms.

Watch a recording of our live event to support our learners studying grammar: Pirates and parrots – this, that, these, those for avoiding repetition.

Watch a recording of the live event to support our learners studying grammar: Childhood memories – past time review.

Watch a recording of the live event to support our learners studying grammar: Learning languages – phrasal verbs.

Watch a recording of the live event to support our learners studying grammar: How do you spend your time? – question forms.

Watch a recording of our live event to support our learners studying grammar: Friends – 'as' and 'like'.

Watch a recording of our live lesson to practise using gradable and non-gradable adjectives to talk about holidays.

Watch a recording of our live lesson to practise using adjectives to talk about animals and to learn some common English animal idioms.

Watch a recording of our live lesson to learn about defining and non-defining relative clauses.

Watch a recording of our live lesson to learn about third and mixed conditionals and practise using them to talk about life decisions.

Watch a recording of our live lesson to find out the main differences between British and American English and practise using British and American English grammar, vocabulary and spelling.

Watch a recording of our live lesson to learn about narrative tenses and practise using them to tell a true story.

Watch a recording of the live event to support our learners studying grammar: Sherlock Holmes – past question forms/narrative tenses.

Watch a recording of the live event to support our learners studying IELTS Academic Writing.