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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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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Rwanda: Language Centres Set Up All Over the Country
Rwanda: Following the move by the government making English the language of instruction in all schools, centres have been established across the country that will facilitate students and teachers learn the language. According to Fred Bahati, the Director of the … Continue reading
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Rwanda: WDA Begins English Lessons for Vocational Instructors
Rwanda: AllAfrica.com notes that forty-four vocational instructors from four districts are currently undergoing a training course in English for vocational instruction at the Rwanda Workforce Development Authority (WDA) headquarters in Remera, Kigali. Read the full story… Post Footer automatically generated … Continue reading
English Language Teaching Kicks Off in Rwanda
Rwanda: The recent government decision to use English as the language of instruction has kicked off in some schools, with teachers enrolling for the language alongside their students, reports AllAfrica.com. Among the schools that have started implementing English language is … Continue reading
Rwanda: Government to Partner Private Sector in Implementing English Training Programme
In accordance with a cabinet policy announcement last October, affirming that all public servants learn English, the government and the private sector are set to join hands at ensuring its success. A document obtained from the Ministry of Public Service … Continue reading
Rwandans Say ‘Adieu’ to le Français
In yet another killer blow to the language of love, the Rwandan government has decided to change instruction in schools from French to English. All government employees are now required to learn English, and everyone here from lawmakers to taxi … Continue reading
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The unstoppable rise of the English language
At present, more than half of Africa’s 52 countries speak French, but the number is dropping. This month Rwanda defected, announcing that henceforward only English will be taught in the schools. It would not be overstating the case to say … Continue reading
Rwanda: Kagame Reiterates Need to Use English as Education Medium
President Paul Kagame yesterday stressed the urgency in the process of using English as a medium of education in all Rwandan schools, saying it is a choice Rwandans have to make if they need development, reports allafrica.com. He said this … Continue reading
Rwanda opts for English teaching
Rwanda’s cabinet has decided that all education will be taught in English instead of French. Officially the Rwandan decision is a result of joining the English-speaking East African Community. But relations between Rwanda and France have been frosty following the … Continue reading
Rwanda: English Language Teacher Trainers’ Workshop Closes
A two-week English-language teacher trainers’ workshop closed yesterday with thirty receiving certificates at Chez John. The English course was sponsored and facilitated by the United States Embassy in Rwanda through the English Language Specialist Program which is under the US … Continue reading
