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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Category Archives: nigeria
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
At Ikoyi Prison School, the inmates teach English
Nigeria: At the Ikoyi Prison School, educated inmates such as Adelanwa and Chijioke, who requested that their real identities be hidden, form the bulk of the teaching staff in the school. Adelanwa, who claimed to be a former student of … Continue reading
Nigeria: Disturbing revelations from the NYSC
Director-General of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) said that graduates from some tertiary institutions in Nigeria were not able to make statements in good English. Although the problem with the mastery of English language is also noticeable in some … Continue reading
English Takes over in Tanzania, Reading Revival in Nigeria
Nigeria: Group Advocates Reading Culture Revival All Africa notes that the collapse of the Nigerian educational system has been attributed to the failure of teaching and learning (and not learning and teaching) of English Language in schools. President of The … Continue reading
Teaching English in Africa
After yesterday’s Euro news marathon, it’s high time I turned my attention to the TEFL scene in Africa: South Africa: Speaking the Language of Hope by Teaching English Through training the Themba women in English, Neilson Young Consulting (NYC) hopes … Continue reading
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Teaching English in Africa
After yesterday’s Euro news marathon, it’s high time I turned my attention to the TEFL scene in Africa: South Africa: Speaking the Language of Hope by Teaching English Through training the Themba women in English, Neilson Young Consulting (NYC) hopes … Continue reading
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