Issue 465 - May/Jun 2019
As a model for learners, RP is outdated and needs to be replaced
Is it time to dump Received Pronunciation? Most British people don’t use it any more and yet we keep teaching it. Perhaps we could...
EU agrees emergency funds for Erasmus in the UK
On 25 March, just four days before the UK was originally scheduled to leave the EU, the European Parliament rushed through a regulation protecting...
…and they’re off!
But the field for the 2019 ELTon awards is full of unfamiliar faces
The judges for this year’s British Council ELT Innovation Award have eschewed...
New Malta work rights to lure long stay students
An economic boom means Malta has work for international students and for teachers, Matt Salusbury reports
Students from outside the EU on longer stays in...
British government under scrutiny over treatment of students in Toeic test scandal
The UK Parliament’s watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO), has criticised the UK government for its handling of the cases of thousands of international...
Irish high schools clean up…
Melanie Butler reports on push to regulate high school sector
A new inspection scheme for Ireland’s educational guardianship providers was launched in April as part...
