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Tweet The Malaysian English Language Teaching Association (MELTA) will be hosting their 18th International Conference on the theme ‘Aligning Teaching And Learning Effective Methodologies In English Language Education‘ at the Puteri Pacific Hotel, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia from 11th to 13th June, 2009. The conference also promises activities and competitions for teachers and students. A [...] Tweet The latest edition of Horizons ELT Quarterly Journal is now available for free download. The contents of the current issue are as follows. English teaching in Israel can be immensely rewarding by Michelle Simmons Facing financial crisis? Then move your teaching career abroad by Kelly Blackwell Things to consider before accepting a job by [...] Tweet Indonesia: Effective foreign language learning in school requires the presence of a good teacher and textbook combined with appropriate methodology, suggests Jan E. Dormer in the Jakarta Post. Qualified English teachers are lacking in Indonesia, therefore, schools will often use teachers who have very limited English language skills. The textbook then becomes the only [...] Tweet For the inexperienced and / or uninitiated among you, I should start by explaining what this is all about… World of Warcraft (commonly known by the acronym WoW) is a massively popular online multiplayer role-playing game which is currently being played by English teachers all across the globe. There is even a thread dedicated [...] Tweet 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 [...] Tweet United States: The United States must embark on an aggressive effort to integrate immigrants, including teaching them English and U.S. history, a federal task force recommended Thursday. The report strongly emphasizes that immigrants must learn English in order to fully integrate into American society. Alfonso Aguilar, head of the U.S. Office of Citizenship, said [...] Tweet 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 Sphere: Related [...] Tweet We’ve all heard the rumors, notes Alexia Nestora at the TEFL Times. Schools that refuse to pay, schools that work you like a Trojan, even schools that expect you to pay them! There are a lot of crummy language schools out there and you’ll want to avoid them like the plague, here’s how to [...] Tweet India: What is laptop?’ asked one of the children studying at Thaltej Primary School on Thursday, as she stared in awe at the gadget in volunteer Gopi Gadhvi’s hands. It was her first brush with a mobile computer. The class huddled around and watched transfixed as images popped on the screen by pressing a [...] Tweet China: MarketWatch.com notes that the Educational Testing Service (ETS) has joined with Nokia to launch English learning courses specially designed for Nokia phone users in China. Designed by ETS teaching and testing experts, the courses are comprehensive, useful and easy-to-learn. They contain English tests, business English and survival English packages. Read the full story… [...]  |
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