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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: sri lanka
Sri Lanka takes measures to alleviate its shortage of English teachers
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Education has focused on the dearth of English teachers in the country’s schools and taken measures to launch a special programme to train more English teachers. Deputy Minister of Education, notes ColomboPage website, Vijith Wijayamuni Soyza … Continue reading
Asia – Oceania news roundup
Get the lowdown on the world of TEFL in India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka… Delhi Games put accent on sounding British The Delhi Metro is providing English speaking classes for all its employees in preparation for the Commonwealth … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, News, india, indonesia, philippines, sri lanka
Tagged Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, House Bill 191
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A Year of English and IT in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: The New Year (2009) has been designated as the Year of English and Information Technology, exclaims the Sunday Observer. Both these are indispensable tools of survival in the modern age. Knowledge of English and IT paves the way … Continue reading
Newspapers: A powerful tool in English Language Teaching
Sri Lanka: The fact cannot be denied that today English has evolved, from its beginning to be the lingua franca of all fields of work. The need of having a major focus on English education is therefore of paramount importance. … Continue reading
Learning to teach in more exciting ways in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Begun in 2006, the British Council Distant Teacher Training Course aims to improve the English language teaching skills of teachers from 26 districts across the country. R.M.G.W. Rathnayake teaches at Pubbiliya Maha Vidyalaya Naula where most of the … Continue reading
Sri Lanka: Welcome boost for English proficiency
After decades of hair-splitting over an appropriate methodology for teaching the English Language, particularly among the young, the Sri Lankan state has hit on what seems to be a workable, practical solution to the apparently complex problem. I’ll believe that … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, sri lanka
Tagged appropriate methodology for teaching the English Langua
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Sri Lanka and India: ‘English for Employment’ project fast-tracked
The concept of anything being ‘fast-tracked’ should be enough to send shivers down the back of any self respecting language teacher. So, it’s with heavy heart that I report how fifty thousand school leavers could be targeted by a special … Continue reading
Sri Lanka: Taking English to far-flung places
Sri Lanka: Taking English to far-flung places It is a lazy Sunday morning but a diverse group from all over the country is gathered in Colombo intently listening to senior trainers going through the paces of how to teach English. … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, japan, malaysia, nepal, sri lanka, thailand
Tagged Colombo Academy of Language Skills and Dramatic Arts (C, English language teaching in Nepa, Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET), Melta president Dr Ganakumaran Subramaniam, Thailand TESOL (ThaiTESOL), The Malaysian English Language Teaching Association (Me
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What up TEFL Asia?
Here are the latest TEFL headlines from Asia. Head over to the ELT World News blog for more: China: Crazy English India: How Good Are We in English? Sri Lanka: Arming the People With a Weapon of Choice Malaysia: English Language Project a Success Perspective on Bilingual Educational System … Continue reading
Posted in South Korea, brunei, china, guam, india, malaysia, philippines, sri lanka
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Around the Asia TEFL World in 80 seconds
China: Crazy English Accompanied by his photographer and his personal assistant, Li Yang stepped into a Beijing classroom and shouted, “Hello, everyone!” The students applauded. Li, the founder, head teacher, and editor-in-chief of Li Yang Crazy English, wore a dove-gray … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, brunei, china, guam, india, malaysia, philippines, s korea, sri lanka
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