Friday, January 31, 2025

Feb 2021

English the language of protest

‘Help us save Myanmar. Stop crime against humanity’ and ‘We want our leader free’, read placards carried by Buddhist monks and nuns in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city. ‘We want...

Back to school at last

It’s good news for those ready to get back to real-life teaching and studying in the UK and...

Battle lines are drawn in test market

While many industries have floundered during the Covid-19 pandemic, language-learning apps have bucked the trend, with Duolingo seeing...

It’s OK to teach slang, innit?

Contrary to conventional wisdom, Sascha Stollhans, a senior teaching associate at Lancaster University, argues in the Languages, Society &...

Harness a passion for learning a language

For years, parents have been told to limit their kids’ screen time, but maybe that wisdom needs a...

Low-cost language learning for disadvantaged

Covid-19 has impacted on children’s learning around the world, as schools have closed and online teaching has come to the fore. However, in lower-income...

VR boosts English language learning

English language teacher Euan Bonner is using VR software to engage his students at the Language, Media and Learning Research Center at Kanda University...

Dual-language learning gets a lift

Chris Reykdal, State Superintendent for Washington State in the USA’s northwest, is keen to roll out dual-language learning to elementary students (ages 5-10). Rather...

Playing hooky not a game

Usually it’s students who skip class, but in a twist on convention, this time it was a teacher who didn’t turn up – for seven...

Agents take note

A new collaboration between EnglishUSA and Agency Management System (AMS) means a significant new bridge for agents to access top English language programmes in the...
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