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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...

Brexit bonus for ELT, but on a budget

In the run-up to Brexit, the British government has launched a series of initiatives designed to attract more international students to the UK, and...

Boston school bankrupt, 50 teachers left unpaid

The attorney general of the state of Massachusetts is investigating the sudden closure of the Boston Language Institute leaving students stranded and teachers unpaid. The...

EAL strategies to go Dutch?

A Dutch and British research project aims to help primary teachers with EAL students The results of an innovative research project to be published this...

Primary Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd edition

Primary Learner's Dictionary, 2nd edition Collins COBUILD ISBN: 978-0-00-825319-6 At what age do you provide young learners with a monolingual dictionary? The third edition of this primary...

Global perspective

The Gazette editorial team’s selection of ELT news from around the world USA: The state of Arizona has passed a law ending the requirement of four...

Council teams up with NILE to solve trainer training trap

The launch of any professional award in teacher education is newsworthy. The path to becoming an ELT trainer has never been straightforward. However, the launch...
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