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2018 Issues

Secrets to Summer Success

Summer Boarding Courses is the first summer specialist to get a perfect score on their British Council Inspection – Melanie Butler asks how they did it What made you fall...

Multilingual mind maps

The tale of two non-natives teaching in New York poses intriguing question says Wayne Trotman The outcome of an...

Case Studies

How do inspectors award an area of strength? Each of the areas inspected are divided into a number...

1500 turn up for ELL training in Oklahoma

Over 100 trainers ran 92 workshops for 1500 public sector school teachers in a one-day event in Oklahoma. The...

‘English is not a foreign language in Quebec,’ says Quebec’s new premier

The 'Fleurdelise', the flag of the majority Francophone Canadian province of Quebec, here seen flying in downtown Montreal....

English speaking work permit policy for Bermuda

The government of the Caribbean island of Bermuda is currently implementing a policy that requires English language tests for foreign workers, following a public...

Demand for EFL growing in Cuba

Demand for English language courses for adults continues to grow in Cuba. English teacher Jorge Rodriguez, who works in a state-run language school in Havana,...

Irish Tefl teachers’ terms slammed as Senate debate new regulations

Members of Unite the union protest terms and conditons of English teachers at a protest outside DCAS school Dublin in October 2018. Image: Unite...

British Council boot camp boosts Thai teachers’ use of English

OVER 15,000 Thai teachers are now using English more often in their classes, following a three week ‘boot camp’ run by the British Council....

Inlingua Florida forced to close

Nine Inlingua language centres in Florida closed ‘abruptly’ in November, stranding over 500 students. Staff remain unpaid and students appear to have lost the...

‘English is not a foreign language in Quebec,’ says Quebec’s new premier

The 'Fleurdelise', the flag of the majority Francophone Canadian province of Quebec, here seen flying in downtown Montreal. Image: Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Licence ‘English...
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