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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: malta
Euro news roundup
Find out what’s going on in TEFL around Europe with the latest action from the United Kingdom, Ireland and, er, Malta. UK tightens English language test rules for foreign students In a bid by ministers to deter bogus applicants, tens … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Ireland, Malta, News, UK, ireland, malta, united kingdom
Tagged Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO)
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Malta: English the language of opportunity
Malta: Students aged between 17 and 19 will be benefitting from an international public-speaking programme, with far-reaching aims, as the first concrete step of the English-Speaking Union’s establishment in Malta. English-Speaking Union director-general Valerie Mitchell has met head teachers and … Continue reading
ESU aims to improve state of English language in Malta
Malta: The first steps toward improving the state of written and spoken English in Malta were taken with the official launch of the steering committee that will lead the way for a local branch of the English Speaking Union. Education … Continue reading
Malta: IELS celebrates 25th anniversary
The Institute of English Language Studies (IELS) will celebrate its 25th anniversary in January. IELS, formerly part of LAL Group, has developed into an international English language teaching operation with an excellent reputation. The institute currently teaches around 10,000 students … Continue reading
EFL in Malta?
Malta has fast become one of Europe’s premier EFL destinations, notes Tom West on the ELT Times online TEFL newspaper, as the island’s ties with the English language, coupled with its fantastic natural resources have made this an attractive location … Continue reading
Posted in Discussion, Europe, Top teaching destinations, malta
Tagged EFL in Malta, ELT Times online TEFL newspaper
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Malta claims to be taming its carousing students
Images of drunken language students running amok on Malta’s streets and having sex on the beach made headlines last summer, while locals protested loudly against the chaos caused by the young foreigners. This year a shake-up of English language tourism … Continue reading