Monday, December 23, 2024

Issue 464 - Mar/Apr 2019

Xavier Gisbert: The man who put bilingual schools on the agenda

Melanie Butler grabs a coffee with Xavier Gisbert “I don’t believe every school should be bilingual. It would be a disaster.” We journalists love people like Xavier Gisbert, mastermind of...

Australia mourns Aiia

Aiia Maasarwe was studying English at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, when she was raped and murdered....

…as ICE rounds up TOEFL test cheats

Agents of US Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) have arrested five US nationals of Chinese origin in connection...

Hundreds held in fake Uni sting…

The ‘University of Farmington’ in Michigan was closed at the end of January when a federal indictment was...

Mastering the art of teaching

What should be top of the agenda on every teacher training course? Melanie Butler asked a group of...

We know what to do this summer

NACE may be the new kid on the summer school bloc but its academic expertise may surprise you. Take four summer schools, three of them...

Class struggle on the agenda?

Just as we were going to press on this IATEFL issue, a story broke: staff at the British Council in Italy were striking over...

Absolutely enchanting – Innova Reading Bookshelf Series

Children’s tales are irresistible to readers, says Wayne Trotman What a delight it was to open this series of books for younger learners. Containing seven...

Succeeding with subtitles

An experiment with Spanish students of English at B2 Level, previously reported in the Gazette, showed that watching movies with subtitles in English improved...

High impact at lower levels

Interested in using authentic videos with lower level learners? – Lewis Lansford explains how. It’s a great time to be an English learner, with easy...

Inclusion is good for everyone

Incorporating inclusive practice into the classroom does not need to be difficult Most teachers will have heard the term ‘inclusive practice’ as an ideal to...
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