ELT World Blog- 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 → […]
- Dave’s ESL Cafe banned in Saudi Arabia?Fate, it would seem, is not without a sense of irony. So, one wretched hive of scum and villainy bans another wretched hive of scum and villainy. OK, that’s a bit unfair, I don’t know if I should label Saudi … Continue reading → […]
- United States: Subject Matters – Reading, Writing… and Readying for Tests
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United Kingdom language school’s concern at minister’s bogus-visa fears
Universities and language schools in Wales have called on Immigration Minister Damian Green not to confuse a British education success story with bogus visa factories masquerading as colleges. According to Wales Online, professionals in education raised concern yesterday after Mr … Continue reading
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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
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The ‘ELTons’ Award making its debut in the Middle East
Middle East & United Kingdom: Aspiring creative writers in the Middle East are being given the opportunity to make their first break into the English language publishing industry (the poor Buggers don’t know what they’re getting in to) through a … Continue reading
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United Kingdom: Hounslow Council language service struck ‘dumb’ by job threat
United Kingdom: The jobs of up to 80 staff at Hounslow Language Service are under threat after councillors agreed they should withdraw almost 20% of its funding. YourLocalGuardian notes that the service – which provides specialist support for over 7,000 … Continue reading
United Kingdom: English teaching ‘outstanding’ at Challney Boys
A school where more than 40 different languages are spoken by pupils has just been commended by the ever reliable Ofsted for its ‘outstanding’ English teaching. At Challney Boys School nearly all of the pupils are from ethnic minorities and … Continue reading
England: Teaching overcoming the language barrier
Today’s schoolchildren are growing up surrounded by examples of people making their way in another country and speaking another language, namely English, exclaims the Independent. A recent report from the CBI, the employers’ organisation, has shown that around three-quarters of … Continue reading
United Kingdom: First ‘social media’ GCSE lessons in schools
GCSE pupils are being taught how to use social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, as part of their English Language qualification, with the launch of a new ‘social media’ course. The programme, notes the Daily Telegraph, entitled Social … Continue reading
‘One-answer’ IELTS comes under scrutiny
United Kingdom: Academia’s leading language exam has won favour among immigration authorities, but that could be about to change if calls for more diversity in assessment gain a hearing, reports Max de Lotbinière at the Guardian. With international student mobility … Continue reading
British Council launches portfolio of newservices at TESOL Arabia 2009 – Dubai
United Kingdom and UAE: Those loveable rogues the British Council, the world’s infamously largest English language teaching organisation, has launched a range of new global English teaching and learning services, debuting the new services in the UAE, at the TESOL … Continue reading
