Which is the best language school for me to learn English in/send my children to?

we strongly recommend that you choose a course at an organization that is accredited by the English in Britain Accreditation scheme (there are over 370 of these); this will ensure that the course you choose is of the very highest standard
we also suggest that you collect a number of prospectuses and study them carefully before you make your decision
for a list of accredited organizations, please go to the Accreditation pages of this site
to help you search for a course you can also visit the Education UK website
your local British Council office will be happy to provide further advice

What book should I use?
Do you know a good dictionary?
I need some materials to help me teach/learn English...

If you need information about English language learning/teaching materials, your best option is to contact a specialist supplier of ELT materials. Three websites offering a full range of ELT materials are:

Bournemouth English Book Centre
English Book Centre
Keltic

I need a copy of Volume 7 Number 4 of The Journal of...

The best course of action is to contact the publisher of the journal or an academic library. The British Council Information Centres do not hold back copies of journals. For information about some of the journals available, contact the publishers:

English Language Teaching Journal - Publisher: Oxford University Press www.oup.co.uk
Language Teaching - Publisher: Cambridge University Press www.cup.cam.ac.uk.
Modern English Teacher - www.onlinemet.com

There are also a number of on-line journals and publications, where you can search for back copies on the Web. These publications include:

ELT Forum - www.eltforum.com
iT's - (for teachers) www.its-teachers.com
TechKnowLogia - www.techknowlogia.org
The Internet TESL Journal - iteslj.org
TESL-EJ - www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/tesl-ej
IT-Links - www.it-links.org
Pilgrims Humanising Language Teaching - www.hltmag.co.uk
ELT Spectrum magazine - www1.oup.co.uk/elt/magazine
EFL Web - www.eflweb.com
onestopenglish magazine - www.onestopenglish.com/index.htm
ELT Newsletter - www.eltnewsletter.com