ELT World Blog- ELT World TEFL Website of the month: ELT ChatELT Chat With the current big bang-scale increase of the twittersphere, a new type of chat has surfaced for English language professionals. The wonderful #ELTChat is currently being moderated by Twitter TEFL heavyweights @ShellTerrell, @Marisa_C, @englishraven, and @olafelch (although the … Continue reading → […]
- 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 → […]
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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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Successes and Challenges in Meeting the Needs of Young Learners
The TESOL Online Discussions on Key Issues in ELT series is currently raising the issue of ‘Successes and Challenges in Meeting the Needs of Young Learners’. The rapid growth of English language learning worldwide has created opportunities as well as … Continue reading
United Arab Emirates: The Art and Science of Good English – Here Comes Help
The University of Cambridge English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Examinations is planning to work with education councils and corporate sectors across the UAE to raise the standard of English among students, teachers and professionals in the country. While … Continue reading
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
Solving the Educational Printing Dilemma
Let’s face it, whichever educational institution you happen to be working for, wherever in the world you happen to be, if the issue of budgetary control of photocopying and printing doesn’t rear its ugly head, you have to consider yourself … Continue reading
Fast Track Fundraising
FastTrackFundraising.com is a leader in the non-profit fundraising industry. Every year, many thousands of groups, organizations, sports teams, associations, and other types of non-profits seek to raise money to pay for expenses. Learn more… Post Footer automatically generated by Add … Continue reading
United Kingdom: Standards of English as a second language improving
According to a report published by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted), inadequate ESOL in colleges is now rare. The number of colleges providing ESOL that is less than satisfactory has fallen to one in … Continue reading
United Kingdom: Migrants are getting better English lessons
The quality of English-language teaching for migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers is improving, according to a new report by the education watchdog Ofsted. But it warns that a lot more needs to be done to ensure standards are lifted beyond “satisfactory” … Continue reading
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IATEFL 2009: Cardiff
IATEFL holds its International Annual Conference & Exhibition every spring, which is attended by around 1500 ELT professionals from 70+ countries. It involves a 3.5 -4-day programme of over 300 talks, workshops and symposiums and, in addition to giving delegates … Continue reading
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IATEFL Annual Conference & Exhibition 2009
IATEFL holds its International Annual Conference & Exhibition every spring, which is attended by around 1500 ELT professionals from 70+ countries. It involves a 3.5 -4-day programme of over 300 talks, workshops and symposiums and, in addition to giving delegates … Continue reading
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Tagged IATEFL 43rd Cardiff Conference Online
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