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Oct 2021

Crim caught in Catalonia

As previously reported by EL Gazette (‘A name changer’, 28 April 2021), the ease by which it’s possible to change your name makes it too easy for criminals to...

Minimum wage hike to hit UK summer courses

UK residential summer schools face a massive rise in staff costs this summer with minimum wage rates rising...

Teacher of the Year

The Global Teacher Prize was initiated to recognise and raise the status of teachers, while rewarding those who...

Sporting English

Sport could be seen as an international language – after all, a goal is a goal however you...

Free English

Altruism is alive and well in Singapore, as author and entrepreneur Tina Yuan proves by offering free English...

Top dogs

You always thought your dog understood what you were saying and now it turns out it’s true. Research from the Gifted Dog Challenge, run...

Playing to learn

In the latest venture that aims to marry fun with language acquisition, Influent, from Three Flip Studios, is a game-like programme in which the...

Improving teachers’ skills

The first Partnered Remote Learning Improvement Project (PRELIM) was such a success that now PRELIM II is being launched. PRELIM is run by the British...

English for good

RefuAid is a charity committed to helping refugees lead independent lives in Europe, which includes helping those who need support learning English and passing...

TEFL takes off

The pandemic has affected people in all sorts of ways and one more to add to the list is teaching English as a foreign...

An English space

BBC Learning English, part of the BBC World Service, uses its international broadcasting to teach English. Together with academic’s from the UK’s Open University,...
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