Uganda: The first-language teaching policy highlights the rural-urban education divide, notes the Guardian. On a hot Friday afternoon at Katine primary school, in north-east Uganda, Santa Awiyo points her large wooden ruler at the blackboard as her year-three pupils chant the words she has written in white chalk. ” Idwe pore ngapo, igwen me sukulu [...]
South Korea and America: Are you looking for a teaching job? Try going abroad, advises the Whitworthian. According to a recent article on the Florida Times-Union’s Web site, the “frightening job market is encouraging many college graduates to look abroad for work.” The article also states that “more students are inquiring about teaching overseas.” Two [...]
A foreign exchange student’s complaints over living conditions he encountered with a host family in Norwood Young America have prompted a state investigation that could lead to new legislation to safeguard visiting students. The Norwegian student complained that he had lent his host family $1,000 for groceries and their son’s acting classes, amazingly he was [...]
Japan: According to a report in the Daily Yomiuri, many schools may cancel or postpone summer trips aborad because of swine flu. Some schools may make trips inside Japan instead of going overseas. Both parents and teachers are becoming increasingly concerned about the dangers of sending students overseas especially because the four Japanese nationals who [...]
After a few years of TEFLing you’ll probably have accumulated a great many personal items from around the world and will at some point need to move them all to a new location. A lot of research indicates that the angst of moving house is one of the most taxing events that can occur during [...]
United States: The U.S. Supreme Court is now considering one of the most consequential cases about civil rights and schooling in two decades. At stake are the rights of English language learners (ELLs), and the responsibility of state governments and local school districts to provide enough funding and equal access to schools and the curriculum [...]
Japan: Yomiuri notes that with the rapid progress of globalization, the English language is playing a growing role in people’s lives. This special section takes an overview of how Japanese interact with English, by featuring several individuals who utilize their expertise in this widely used lingua franca.
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United Kingdom and Taiwan: Britain’s private English-learning school ‘Center of English Studies’ (CES) opened its first branch outside England and Ireland in Taipei last Thursday, aiming to help Taiwanese students improve their English skills so they can get into schools abroad, according to E-Taiwan News.
The branch has been opened in collaboration with the local [...]
