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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: central america
English learning program excelling
United States: Talking to 10-year-old Dayki Diaz today, you’d never know the self-possessed fourth-grader didn’t know a word of English when she started the third grade last year at Jamaica Elementary School. “She speaks so well — she’s just amazing,” … Continue reading
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Mexico launches effort to teach its students English
Mexico: With its economy increasingly hitched to the United States, Mexico’s government has launched an ambitious plan to teach English to every schoolchild, even those in kindergarten. Currently, educators in 21 states and the Federal District are offering the language … Continue reading
Graduates to teach English in Costa Rica
Thanks to grant money from an organization in Cleveland, four volunteers will teach English in Costa Rica. The Office of International Affairs bid farewell to Director Mary Anne Saunders and four volunteers this morning. Saunders is accompanying the volunteers, two … Continue reading
Tierney on Fulbright-funded English language project in Panama
Panama & Delaware, US: Suzanne Tierney, an instructor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Delaware, has received a Fulbright scholar grant for a yearlong English language project at Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (UTP) in … Continue reading
Costa Rica: Government’s Goal Is For Costa Rica Soon To Become Bilingual
Costa Rica has taken on the challenge of converting English as a common language for the majority of the population. One of the objectives is that 75% of high school students are proficient in English by 2017. Good luck to … Continue reading
Trinidad: ALTA – teaching adults to read
In the Adult Literacy Tutors Association (ALTA) classroom, trained volunteer tutors and students work together to overcome the problems that stymied their childhood learning. To both these groups literacy represents power — the tutor holds the power to change and … Continue reading
Mexican bilingual teachers head for Chicago
Texas: Grant Brings iPods to ESL Classes Ray High School students Jamira Baniqued and Danae Uria, both 15, appeared to breeze through their first language lesson using an iPod. Uria already has one she uses for music and videos. This … Continue reading
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This Guy is Teaching Abroad: Teaching in Mexico
You may have noticed a new addition to the moderator team over at the forums: Guy Courchesne. Guy also has a very interesting blog in which he chronicles the many experiences he’s had teaching English in Mexico. In fact, … Continue reading
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