Germany: The country is among many in the world which adopted the mantra of ‘the earlier the better’ when it came to teaching pupils English, notes the Telegraph. However, research by the Catholic University of Eichstaett has thrown the educational authorities into confusion. An unpublished study of schoolteachers shows that 95 per cent of sixth [...]
Spain: According to Euro Weekly, a government plan that is designed to introduce bilingual education into the Spanish school system has met with criticism from both inside and outside the educational system. To that end, schools are being instructed to teach core subjects like maths and technology, in English. However, parents as well as teachers [...]
Europe: There are more than 4,000 Europeans building a nuclear power plant here – Poles, Germans, French, Finns, Swedes. What’s the language spoken on the work site? English, even though none are native English speakers. “When you only communicate with people in English, you only get a certain level of what’s going on,” said Marie-Luise [...]
United Arab Emirates & United Kingdom: The British Council has been present and active in Sharjah for 10 years, and has significantly increased the size of its teaching and support staff over this time, to meet local demand from an increasing number of students for English language courses, which is one of the main areas [...]
India and United Kingdom: The less than innovative decision to teach English using language that is accessible to the children of West Bengal was taken by the team of local teachers and education staff recruited by the state education department to write the new primary level course book, reports Guardian Weekly.
They attended an initial training [...]
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 Minister Dolores Cristina yesterday launched the steering committee, chaired by Professor Martin Scicluna, at a [...]
Scotland: An English language project, using major European investment to provide training and employment opportunities to 250 immigrant workers living in the Highlands and islands, is to be expanded to more towns for another year.
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United Kingdom: More than a third of pupils at some Southend primary schools do not speak English as their first language, a new report has revealed. The study by Southend Council showed 39 per cent of pupils at Porters Grange Primary School are learning English as an additional language.
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United Kingdom: Speed-dating techniques have been adopted by a Cheltenham school to give pupils a taster course in languages, notes the BBC. Youngsters at Pate’s Grammar worked against the clock to learn a variety of words and phrases in languages such as Hindi, Portuguese, Thai and Filipino.
The approach is normally used by busy single people [...]
United Kingdom: It’s finally happened; the fingerprinting of overseas students for biometric identity cards has begun for those extending their visas, notes BBC news. This is the first phase of tighter visa restrictions which will eventually affect more than 300,000 people applying to study in the UK each year. The tougher rules are intended to [...]
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