ELT World News

United Kingdom: English Children Can’t Read English

In the country that gave birth to the English language, one in five 11 year olds can’t read and have failed to master mathematics.
The United Kingdom’s chief schools inspector, Christine Gilbert, warned last month that these children could be on the educational scrapheap at 16 — unemployed and pursuing no further training. Gilbert said: “If […]

Norway fears loss of first language

Turkey: Burç College’s Florya Branch Organizes Foreign Language Fair
The Florya branch of Burç College recently held its second annual foreign languages fair with participation from students and their parents at its campus in the Istanbul district of Bakırköy.
Bünyamin Erdoğan, head of the foreign languages department at the school, said “In non-English speaking countries […]

It’s all happening in Europe

Norway: Day Care Centers Urged to Teach English
As if those Scandinavians weren’t already the undisputed masters of L2 English, Norwegian toddlers in publicly funded day care centers may be able to start learning English along with their nursery rhymes from this autumn. The top politician in charge of children and education in Oslo, Torger Ødegaard, […]

English for life: Czech Republic conference

The Sixth International and Tenth National ATECR Conference
The 6th International and 10th National Conference will be held in České Budějovice from 12 to 14 September, 2008 and promises to be an absolute belter. It will be hosted by the Department of English of the Pedagogical Faculty of the University of South Bohemia. This highlight of […]

Academic Management SIG: Dublin

Academic Management: Establishing and sustaining a learning culture
Dublin, May 23-25, 2008

Yes folks, those weird and wonderful folks at IATEFL have gone and done it again. This time the ‘special interest’ conference aims to provide a forum for exploring how to establish excellent academic management skills and systems. It also aims to stimulate discussion and reflection […]

Uproar in Ireland

Ireland: Gaelscoil Gets Good Marks for English
There’s uproar in Ireland as a new study challenges the findings on the standard of English among pupils in the school at the heart of the row about Irish language education. An inspectors’ report on Gaelscoil Mhic Eamainn in Tralee, Co Kerry, sparked the controversial decision by Education Minister […]

UK Discovers Gap Fills, Bilingualism in the Algarve

United Kingdom: Language Lady Is Up for Cyber Award

A Bradford woman’s dream of taking English language learning into cyberspace has earned her a regional business nomination, reveals the Telegraph and Argus. Language teacher Bernadette Wall, 52, launched gapfillers.co.uk in 2006 to make English easier to learn for foreigners.

Hundreds of subscribers have signed up to the […]

English Tactics in the Czech Republic

English Tactics in the Czech Republic
Imagine walking into a workshop on teaching tactics for English-language learners and being greeted by the keynote speaker in Japanese. This is what a group of primary-school teachers can look forward to next month during an all-day event being held at a Žižkov hotel. Not only does Steve Watts plan […]

More European TEFL News than you can Stomach

Just in case you’re short of something to do today, take a look at this lot. Is it really possible that all these people around the world are having to deal with our language? It just doesn’t seem right, does it?
United Kingdom: The Struggle to Cope When Children Do Not Speak Any English

Surprising as it […]