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- 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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Category Archives: Africa
Egypt: Online program connects students across cultural and national borders
Universities around the world are looking for ways to give their students a more international outlook, notes the Chronicle of Higher Education, in order to prepare them for a future that will increasingly involve global problems and partnerships. ‘There is … Continue reading
Angolan army general stresses the importance of English
The vice chief of Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), General Abreu Muengo “Kamorteiro” called for the need of teaching of English language within the staff members of the Angolan army. The training programme, noted the Angola Press, was … Continue reading
English-Zulu dictionary helps break down language barriers in South Africa
English speakers visiting South Africa could soon find this easier after the publication of an English-Zulu dictionary – believed to be the first of its kind for more than 40 years. Oxford University Press Southern Africa, notes the Guardian, also … Continue reading
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Africa – Asia – Middle East news roundup
Time for a look at the magical world of TEFL in Rwanda, Egypt, Bahrain, the UAE and Pakistan. Rwandan teachers back at school to help country’s anglophone ambitions Although French now ranks as an official language alongside Kinyarwanda and English, … Continue reading
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Ireland: African pupils more likely to be bullied
African children are more likely to be bullied at Irish schools than Eastern Europeans, a new report claims. According to the Irish Independent, ‘Adapting to Diversity: Irish Schools and Newcomer Students‘, compiled by the Economic and Social Research Institute, surveyed … Continue reading
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Swaziland: Brigadier Fonono joins the siswati/English language debate
For a number of years now, English has remained a passing subject and despite calls from certain sections of society for a review of this, things have remained unchanged, notes the Observer. Retired Army Commander and cultural connoisseur Brigadier Fonono … Continue reading
Uganda lays mother-tongue foundations
Uganda: The first-language teaching policy highlights the rural-urban education divide, notes the Guardian. On a hot Friday afternoon at Katine primary school, in north-east Uganda, Santa Awiyo points her large wooden ruler at the blackboard as her year-three pupils chant … Continue reading
Somali students share memoirs from Kenya to Lewiston
Somalia and the United States: The crowd listened intently as the soft-spoken, sometimes shy writers took the stage to read excerpts from their new book, notes the Sun journal. They read poems praying for a better life, autobiographical accounts of … Continue reading
Ethiopian streetkids turn to PCs in language challenge
Ethiopia: In the shadow of Addis Ababa’s biggest Orthodox church, notes Reuters, more than 100 street children cluster around gazing as Amharic script flashes on computer screens before them. Ethiopia, one of Africa’s biggest and poorest countries, has more than … Continue reading
MTN Moves to Stem Decline in Education Standard in Nigeria
Nigeria: allAfrica reports that, in an effort to stem the declining standard of education in Nigeria, leading GSM provider, MTN, has introduced an interschool quiz competition, tagged MTN Smarter Brains Competition. The competition which will draw participants from junior secondary … Continue reading