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Issue 473 - Nov 2020

A class apart?

Melanie Butler dives into the data on boarding schools Statistics show that British boarding schools are the top-performing sector in UK EFL, based on reports from British Council inspection reports. On...

English from first grade in Saudi schools

Saudi Arabia’s state schools will start to teach English as a subject from the first grade of primary...

Taiwan’s “Bilingual by 2030” too ambitious

The governments’ “Bilingual by 2030” plan, which aims to have the island speaking English within a decade (see...

Leaning into Pisa

Melanie Butler predicts the effect of the new tests The plan to introduce, in the OECD’s 2024 Pisa tests,...

Case study: Stonyhurst Language school

Owned and run by Stonyhurst College, the summer language school takes place on the historic school campus, which...

Case Study: Isca School of English, Devon

Sarah Tomlinson, principal of Isca, grew up next door to the family school she now runs. “I remember as a child watching my grandmother...

OECD to introduce new Pisa English test

A new “Foreign Language Assessment” element will be included in the OECD’s global Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) for 15- year-olds – initially...

Wall Street founder back

The Wall Street English website is still advertising teaching jobs in China, despite the fact that owners Barings Private Equity and CITIC announced the...

“Unlimited English” for migrants, promises Australian government

Permanent residents of Australia and citizens with “poor English” will be offered unlimited English classes for free, acting immigration minister Alan Tudge has promised....

Revolutionary summer curriculum needs great teachers, say founders

Summer school stars Steve Wood, previously with Bede’s, and Bram van Asselt, of Exsportise, have joined forces to launch a new group of summer...

Time to go back to the school room

As adult language schools crash across the world, Ron Ragsdale and Melanie Butler argue that Covid-19 has served to speed up inevitable market changes Perhaps...
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