ELT World Blog- United States: Subject Matters – Reading, Writing… and Readying for TestsIt’s the best of times and the worst of times, exclaims the unusually Dickensian CNN, for English teachers as they find themselves more accountable than ever for the academic success of their students, while balancing new technologies that change time-honored … Continue reading → […]
- United States: Feds Make ELLs a Priority for Tests Based on Common-Core StandardsThe federal government, notes Education Week, is intending to provide grants for the development of English-language-proficiency assessments that are aligned with the national common-core standards. The proposed grant competition would push the country toward more uniformity for the definition of … Continue reading → […]
- Vietnam: Pilot English Teaching Project is Hit by Staff Shortage and Poor SkillsFactors including a serious lack of facilities, as well as a shortage of qualified teachers have adversely affected the Ministry of Education and Training’s pilot English language teaching programme for primary school children, notes VietnamNet. Read more on this… Post … Continue reading → […]
- Would you have done this for a job?Simple question: would you have done what this person did to try and get a job in the Gulf? She flew me to Qatar on a 1-way ticket (despite my several written requests for a return ticket since it seemed … Continue reading → […]
- Dave’s ESL Cafe banned in Saudi Arabia?Fate, it would seem, is not without a sense of irony. So, one wretched hive of scum and villainy bans another wretched hive of scum and villainy. OK, that’s a bit unfair, I don’t know if I should label Saudi … Continue reading → […]
- United States: Subject Matters – Reading, Writing… and Readying for Tests
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The ‘ELTons’ Award making its debut in the Middle East
Middle East & United Kingdom: Aspiring creative writers in the Middle East are being given the opportunity to make their first break into the English language publishing industry (the poor Buggers don’t know what they’re getting in to) through a … Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia: Arab News sponsors 4 girls for English course
This wouldn’t exactly be newsworthy in most cases but given that it’s taking place in the Hell on Earth known commonly as Saudi Arabia I guess it’s worth mentioning. The Arab News is to sponsor* four of 15 women students … Continue reading
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British Council launches portfolio of newservices at TESOL Arabia 2009 – Dubai
United Kingdom and UAE: Those loveable rogues the British Council, the world’s infamously largest English language teaching organisation, has launched a range of new global English teaching and learning services, debuting the new services in the UAE, at the TESOL … Continue reading
Tunisia to launch English language teaching reform project
Tunisia: Middle East Online reports that the Tunisian Ministry of Education and Training signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the British Council in London Tuesday, to prepare for a huge project aimed at English language teaching reform in all … Continue reading
British Council marks 10 years in Sharjah
United Arab Emirates & United Kingdom: The British Council has been present and active in Sharjah for 10 years, and has significantly increased the size of its teaching and support staff over this time, to meet local demand from an … Continue reading
India ‘Cascades’ Skills to Close Language Gap
India: Parents across India recognise the importance of English to their children’s futures but the state education system is struggling to keep up with this new demand, notes Guardian Weekly. Those charitable rogues at the British Council are helping to … Continue reading
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Namibian Learners Meet British Counterparts
Namibia & United Kingdom: Learners from three Namibian schools yesterday met some of their British counterparts under a programme, Connecting Classrooms, by the British Council in Namibia. The programme is aimed at promoting intercultural dialogue through school links. Read the … Continue reading
14 years after being invited, the British Council lands in Rwanda
Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Utilization of English Language Development Instructional Strategies in the Teaching of Science to English Learners The majority of educators agree that there is a pressing need for dramatic changes in the way we deliver instruction to schoolchildren, … Continue reading
British Council can’t Spell ‘Language’
What hope is there for the rest of us if neither the BBC nor the British Council can spell the word ‘language‘? Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
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