Archive for the ‘canada’ Category

June 17th, 2008

Teen ESL results better than ever in canada

Canada: Teen ESL Results Better Than Ever, Province Says
Teens learning English as a second language are passing the provincial literacy test at higher rates than ever. The test, written in March and graded only as pass or fail, determines if students have the reading and writing skills they’re supposed to have gained by the […]

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April 29th, 2008

The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning

The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning November 17th-19th, 2008 Banff, Canada
This is all a bit freaky for me so I’ve just copied and pasted the blurb from the conference website:
‘There’s a rapidly growing interest in exploring design and technology of digital games […]

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April 16th, 2008

The World of TEFL has gone Crazy

Every time I present one of my ELT news roundups, it really sinks in how little the buggers in power know about language teaching. No matter where you are in the world, it seems there’s some moron beating on about some new initiative absolutely guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of any self-respecting TEFLer. […]

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April 9th, 2008

Manitoba TEFLer Found Dead in Philippines

A Canadian tourist was found dead in a hotel parking lot in the Philippines early this week, according to a local newspaper in Cebu City, reports Canada.com. Police identified the person as 55-year-old Robin Cook of Virden, Manitoba, who was a guest of the hotel. His body was discovered at 5 a.m. local time Monday. […]

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