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English Language Teaching Online Conference

ELTOC: Chapter 11

Sign up for free professional development sessions led by global ELT experts, explore trending topics, and connect with passionate educators from around the world.

Community Voices

Our community spans the world, and each person brings something new and unique to the conversation.

OUP South Africa

Reaching learners and educators across rural Africa

“We align our content closely with the local curriculum, and we are intentional about using stories, examples, and imagery that reflect the socio-economic environments learners experience daily.”

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Charity Partnerships

Discover more about our charitable partners, and how we’re moving knowledge and learning forward together.

Book Aid International

Book Aid International

Book Aid International helps create a more equal world where everyone has access to books that will enrich and improve their lives.

Continuing our long-standing support for Book Aid International, in 2024 we donated 61,400 books, providing educational and enrichment opportunities for readers in schools, libraries, universities, refugee settlements, prisons, and hospitals.

In addition, our financial support helped reach communities affected by conflict. We funded the delivery of 2,500 books to Ukraine and another 2,500 books to Lebanon.

AVBOB Road to Literacy

The AVBOB Road to Literacy campaign is designed to transform the educational experience of primary school learners in South Africa, particularly in under-resourced communities. Since its launch, the campaign has distributed over 1.3 million books and continues to bridge the gap in access to quality educational resources, ensuring that geography and circumstance do not limit a child’s potential.

Last year, we distributed 500 trolleys of books representing all 11 official written languages of South Africa to primary schools.

Raise a Reader

Through our Raise a Reader campaign, we visited ten locations across England with lower levels of literacy, providing parents with advice and free resources to support children in reading for pleasure.

We also collaborated with the National Literacy Trust and joined the Primary School Library Alliance as a flagship partner, enabling schools in disadvantaged areas of Oxfordshire to set up their own reading spaces. Colleagues volunteered with tasks such as tidying, stocking shelves, stamping books, and decorating the newly purposed libraries.

The Education Equality Institute

Over the past year, we supported a partnership between The Education Equality Institute (TEEI) and the Ukrainian parliament which aimed to enhance English language training for members of parliament in Ukraine as well as their support staff. We provided access to ebooks and online assessment tests to help improve English skills.

Our partnership supports TEEI’s commitment to offering English language learning opportunities through remote and online classes to those displaced in Ukraine or residing in other countries.

Book Aid International

Book Aid International

AVBOB Road to Literacy

Raise a Reader

The Education Equality Institute