Empathy, not sympathy
Ros Wright helps trainers preparing candidates for OET Speaking
I often start OET Speaking sessions with a quote from the 20th century Canadian physician William...
Can students still travel to study?
Despite Covid restrictions, Abby Penston, CEO of Focus Travel Partnership, outlines how foreign students are able to return to the UK
Despite restrictions on travel,...
Bangladeshi parents demand fee waiver
Parents of students at English-medium schools, organised as the Bangladesh English Medium Schools Forum, held a press conference in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, in September,...
It’s great outdoors
Melanie Butler asks how EFL can take learning outdoors
November 5 is National Outdoor Classroom day in the UK, and it occurred to me that...
Why teaching children is a serious business
Whether you’re teaching English or teaching in English, you need to focus on under-16s. Melanie Butler outlines the issues on the agenda
Learning English just...
Can UK accreditors see off the zombie schools?
A new phenomenon has emerged in British EFL: the zombie language school. It is listed as accredited, and its website suggests that it is...
