Afghan English teachers still stranded
Months after Western forces moved out of Afghanistan, English teachers employed by the British Council are still awaiting the processing of their applications to...
Holiday pay headache hits UK ELT
The UK summer school job adverts are already going up for 2022, featuring the usual references to 12.07% holiday pay. The problem is that...
NZ schools lobby for earlier opening
New Zealand language schools are working closely with government agencies and other sectors of international education to press for the early entry of some...
Are Ireland’s TEFL teachers joining the Great Resignation?
Over half of the TEFL jobs in Ireland advertised on an international website are for year-round classroom teachers. This compares to just one third...
The shape of words
What shape are the words ‘bouba’ and ‘kiki’, pointy or round? Most Westerners intuitively agree that the first word sounds round and the second...
