Monday, December 23, 2024

Issue 471 - July 2020

TEFL Workers’ Union surveys UK teachers

Data from a London-based TEFL Workers’ Union survey of UK staff experiences of language schools’ responses to coronavirus has been shown to the Gazette pre-publication. Although the sample is...

Get to the point with UK visas

Matt Salusbury introduces the new points-based system and explains what level of English immigrants need to get into...

Paying attention to bilingual babies

Babies in bilingual homes adapt by switching attention more easily and more often, according to a study from...

Business Vocabulary in Use: Advanced

Third edition Bill Mascull Cambridge University Press ISBN 9781316628225 This solid 176-page resource book has a familiar format: the left-hand page contains...

English Australia founding member closes down

Sydney College of English (SCE), a founding member of the English Australia association, has closed down “due to...

Greek teachers quarantined in Western Thrace

Four schools in the city of Xanthi, in Western Thrace, have been temporarily closed after a peripatetic English language teacher tested positive for Covid-19...

Sophia Howlett: Taking a holistic approach to teacher education

Dr Sophia Howlett of the School for International Training, Vermont, in conversation with Ron Ragsdale Your university education was in the UK and focussed on...

University of Victoria faces sharp drop in student numbers

Thirty-two teachers have lost their jobs at the English language centre of the University of Victoria, as the number of students enrolled in language...

Keep your eyes on the prize: ELTons shortlist

‘The Oscars of English Language Teaching’ are now in their eighteenth year. Matt Salusbury introduces the 29 ELTons 2020 finalists across five categories The household...

No admission when students have an unknown English test?

Covid-19 has led to students applying for courses with a raft of test results. Matt Salusbury introduces a set of guidelines which helps make...

Mitigating the effects of lockdown

Rachel Womack explores the benefits of online learning and gamification for young learners A priority for every country, school and teacher around the world will...
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