ELT World Blog- How to introduce an English Textbook to your Students1. Introduction “Tell me and I forget, Teach me and I may remember, Involve me and I learn. “ -Benjamin Franklin Textbook is one of the main instruments of educating and preparing students for the examinations. On the first or … Continue reading → […]
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Category Archives: Australasia
Australia: Northern Territory government defends its bilingual education policy
Northern Territory education minister Chris Burns has defended the Government’s policy on bilingual education after it was criticised by one of his federal Labor colleagues. “I know some people have got a long-term attachment to it but really what I’m … Continue reading
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The big Australasia TEFL news roundup
Here are some recent TEFL headlines from around the region. South Korea: Language education ‘starts in the womb’ Bilingual education starts from womb, a research team led by Krista Byers-Heinlein and Janet Werker from the University of British Columbia claims … Continue reading
Posted in Australasia, australia, India, nepal, News, South Korea, Uncategorized, vietnam
Tagged British Council ‘Project English’ in India and Sri Lanka, English education in Korea, the British Council has finally officially launched act, Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MOET)
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Australia: A report blasts bilingual policy changes
Under the Territory Government’s controversial changes to bilingual education, all students will learn in English only for the first four hours of the day from next year, notes ABC. A report released in Canberra by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal … Continue reading
Australian Voices of Dissent
Australia: In 2003, at the Kalkaringi Community Education Centre, a bush school on what was once known as Wave Hill station, teachers George and Robyn Hewitson put the first remote area indigenous students – 3 of them in total – … Continue reading
Samoan classes bridge gap in NZ
New Zealand: The Kingsland school now offers bilingual Samoan classes to pupils from bilingual primary schools such as Richmond Road School in Ponsonby, and Rosebank Primary in Avondale. John McCaffery, senior lecturer at Auckland University’s faculty of education, is among … Continue reading
A call to ‘nurture’ the English language empire
Australia: Britain’s colonial empire may be long gone, but the language that helped run and often unite it has helped build an empire of a different kind. This English language empire needs to be nurtured and protected by universities in … Continue reading
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Tagged English language empire, University of Melbourne
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Parents protest at bilingual decision delay in NZ
New Zealand: The parents of five Christchurch primary school children say they have nowhere to go next year after plans for an intermediate-level bilingual class were put on hold, according to Radio NZ. Read the full story… internet advertising Post … Continue reading
Marion Scrymgour backs down on bilingual education plan
Australia: Northern Territory Education Minister Marion Scrymgour has buckled to a backlash from the bush in her bid to force teachers in remote Aboriginal schools to teach predominantly in English, notes TheAustralian.com. Ms Scrymgour said yesterday that a requirement to … Continue reading
Australia: Teachers will mind language
Australia: The Territory Government says from next year all schools will teach in English for the first four hours of each day. It is facing a revolt from remote teachers who vow to continue teaching in Aboriginal languages, despite the … Continue reading
Australia: Department’s reports undermine Minister
Australia: Minister Marion Scrymgour has repeatedly said there is no evidence to show that bilingual schools accelerate English literacy. But two reports by her own department have surfaced. Both say schools that teach young indigenous children in their own language … Continue reading
