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Issue 478 - Nov 2021

Language can be music to the ears

You don’t have to be musical to find melody in spoken words Whether or not they have musical ability, students who rate a new language as sounding melodic are better...

Which certificate?

In the sometimes confusing world of certificates, Melanie Butler explains what’s what Virtually every country on the planet requires...

Does teaching practice make perfect?

Melanie Butler weighs up the advantages of teaching certificates One of the main changes the pandemic has brought to...

An inside job

A realistic look at what’s happened to extracurricular teaching in China, by Melanie Butler On the 14th of September,...

The next level

How to decide if a Master’s degree is for you and, if so, which one, with guidance from...

Exploring the evidence

Two teachers offer their views on common teaching practices Below, two of the authors of An Introduction to Evidence-Based Teaching in the English Language Classroom...

A year of firsts

The annual ELTons Innovation Awards saw a range of new winners On 15 November 2021, the ELTons went truly global. Entries for the annual British...

When language sounds like music

Learning another tongue is easier if it comes through a tune Did you know that hearing words as melodies, as opposed to simply staccato sounds,...

Fast-food chains trump UK Dos salary rates

Forty per cent of all the UK jobs listings on one major EFL recruitment website in October were for a director of studies (Dos),...

Drilling for success

There is good reason for persisting with an age-old method, says Wayne Trotman USING DRILLS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING By Tony Penston ISBN 978-0-9531323-6-2 It’s always a...

Going mainstream with an iPGCE

This post-graduate course could transform your career prospects, says Melanie Butler At the beginning of 2021, Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared on television advertising the...
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