WEBSITE ASSESSMENT

British Council Literature Website Assessment

British Council Literature Website Assessment

Introduction

The British Council is a cultural and public institution and Senior Advisor for English language schools. They have developed a website which is devoted for learning English. It is similar to the BBC website where podcasts, learning activities for vocabulary, reading exercises are available to improve English language skills. British Council is dealing with the spread of British culture outside the UK. The British Council operates in Great Britain in 215 cities and 110 other countries and territories. Personnel involved in the world are more than 8000 people. The UK government sponsored council by a third; the other parts come from their own revenues board (activities, tuition and exams). In a year, over a million people are tested for English proficiency at different levels in the council. The British Council offers free Internet access and support resources, consults on various aspects of education in the UK, provides teaching materials for learning and teaching of English, presents the best examples of contemporary British literature and British films.

The British Council Art presents the world with the latest developments in the field of culture and seeks to change the traditional perception of the UK. The program of the British Council in the field of art features the best of British music, theatre, dance, design, visual arts, cinema and literature. Department of Arts of British Council organizes workshops and master classes that combine British experts with other countries' experts to exchange experiences.

The British Council Literature is part of British Council Art and is based in London. It collaborates with writers based in Great Britain and also engages with their home countries. It provides the biography of writers, unique critical perspective, bibliography of work and Awards won by the writers and also interviews and statements of the writers. The Directory is constantly growing as we add new content and profile some of the best new literary talent from the UK today.

Assessment in terms of; the design of the website, what does the website contain?

British Council Literature is a part of British Council, which promotes the UK writing and the UK literature sector around the world. The website of British Council Literature is professionally designed and contains the information and biography of different English writers of different genre of literature. The writer's database contains updated profiles of some of the UK's and Commonwealth's living contemporary ...