Japan postpones new tests
Education minister Koichi Hagiuda has postponed controversial plans to introduce private English tests – including Japan’s Eiken test and ETS’s Toefl – alternatives to...
The higher my level, the more I blame my teacher
Personal responsibility for failure decreases as adult Spanish students progress from beginner to intermediate level, report Manuel Soriano-Ferrer and Elena Alonso-Blanco in a study...
Language Hub: Pre-Intermediate Student’s Book
Daniel Brayshaw and Jon Hird
Macmillan Education, ISBN: 9781380016904
Language Hub is a new, six-level general English course for adults. The B1-level contains a thorough, balanced...
EF test hits headlines as sample size soars
November saw the publication of the ninth Education First Proficiency Index. Based on EF’s own online English test, the publication of the Index is...
What will English in the EU look like after Brexit?
Once British nationals leave EU institutions, Emma Seddon predicts that non-native speakers will start to own EU English as a lingua franca
At the time...
Talking Turkish ELT
Twenty-two Turkish teachers recently completed a course at Edinburgh College as part of their training to become master mentors for the ELT component of...
