In the country that gave birth to the English language, one in five 11 year olds can’t read and have failed to master mathematics.
The United Kingdom’s chief schools inspector, Christine Gilbert, warned last month that these children could be on the educational scrapheap at 16 — unemployed and pursuing no further training. Gilbert said: “If [...]
‘Tasks: context, purpose and use’The 3rd Biennial International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching13th-16th September, 2009
Under the auspices of the International TBLT Consortium and the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, you’ve still got more than a year to cobble together a decent excuse to visit the Lake District for this TBL extravaganza.
The first international [...]
Turkey: Burç College’s Florya Branch Organizes Foreign Language Fair
The Florya branch of Burç College recently held its second annual foreign languages fair with participation from students and their parents at its campus in the Istanbul district of Bakırköy.
Bünyamin Erdoğan, head of the foreign languages department at the school, said “In non-English speaking countries [...]
United Kingdom: Language Lady Is Up for Cyber Award
A Bradford woman’s dream of taking English language learning into cyberspace has earned her a regional business nomination, reveals the Telegraph and Argus.
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Portugal: Bilingual Primary School for Algarve
Vale Verde International School has pioneered an innovative bilingual educational project.
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United Kingdom: Language Lady Is Up for Cyber Award
A Bradford woman’s dream of taking English language learning into cyberspace has earned her a regional business nomination, reveals the Telegraph and Argus. Language teacher Bernadette Wall, 52, launched gapfillers.co.uk in 2006 to make English easier to learn for foreigners.
Hundreds of subscribers have signed up to the [...]
Just in case you’re short of something to do today, take a look at this lot. Is it really possible that all these people around the world are having to deal with our language? It just doesn’t seem right, does it?
United Kingdom: The Struggle to Cope When Children Do Not Speak Any English
Surprising as it [...]
Just in case you’re short of something to do today, take a look at this lot. Is it really possible that all these people around the world are having to deal with our language? It just doesn’t seem right, does it?
United Kingdom: The Struggle to Cope When Children Do Not Speak Any English
Surprising as it [...]
Uttar Pradesh Government May Begin Teaching English From Class I
India: After exploring various methods to improve English language skills among government school students across the state, the Uttar Pradesh government is now planning to introduce English in the curriculum of students right from Class I. At present, English as a subject is introduced in Class [...]
India and China: Great wall of opportunity
More than 1,000 Indians have moved to China to teach English. A one-month crash course on the internet is all it takes. Read the full story…
United Kingdom: Museum for English
English is the first language of 350-400 million people, and an effective second language for maybe 500 million more. By [...]
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