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 […]

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 […]

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 […]