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BELARUS: Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the presidential candidate in the recent Belarusian election who was forced to flee to Lithuania, is a former English teacher. As...
A focus on monolingualism short-changes the needs of students
International schools education driven by profit overlooks the importance of mother tongue-based multilingual education, argues Dr. Robert Phillipson
Some of the information in this Point...
Speak Your Mind: Student’s Book Level 3
Mickey Rogers, Joanne Taylore-Knowles, Steve Taylore-Knowles
Macmillan Education
ISBN 9781380031411
This 6-level general English course is for young adults. The twelve units include activities to encourage learners...
Syrian refugee girls shine
On 4 August, a massive explosion in the Beirut harbour area left huge parts of the Lebanese capital in ruins. The next morning at...
New “mother tongue” education policy in India
At the end of the July, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a new national educational policy of using the “mother tongue” or “local...
Fraud and bribery in the Cayman Islands
Three immigration officials are among nine people sentenced to prison in July in the British Carribean territory for their part in a “fraud and...
