Issue 463 - Jan/Feb 2019
Global perspective
The Gazette editorial team’s selection of ELT news from around the world
NEPAL:
In 2017, English language teacher Keith Poultney was ending his time as a...
French rule Brits can keep status post Brexit
A Bill to allow British nationals working as public-sector English teachers in France to retain their “fonctionnaires titulaires” civil servant status after Brexit went...
US teacher indicted for assisting Islamic State
ESL teacher Warren Christopher Clark has appeared in federal court in Houston, Texas, to be indicted with attempting to assist a terrorist group.
Clark, a...
Lured to teach in China by agents’ promise, South African teens detained and deported
Nearly 100 young South Africans were detained by Chinese authorities in the second half of 2018, South Africa’s foreign ministry had confirmed. Most were...
Dublin college closes owing €1 million
Grafton College, Dublin, which closed suddenly on 5 December 2018 owing 23 teachers one month’s pay, made losses of €507,000 in 2017 and had...
Assessing the future
Pearson’s Freya Thomas Monk, SVP English Assessment, tells Ron Ragsdale about the changes afoot in EFL testing
Can you tell me a bit about your...
