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April 2022

Testing time for English speakers

A piece in africanarguments.org re-examines a startling inequality. Even though English is the official language of Nigeria, citizens must take the IELTS exam before they can study in the...

IELTS lays golden egg in Vietnam

As reported in vnexpress.net, IELTS preparation courses and the exams themselves are proving lucrative for English teachers and...

Three languages beat two

While many students in the UK struggle to learn one foreign language at school, they might be interested...

English teachers get seminar in Ghana

The US Embassy in Ghana provides free resources for English language teachers on its website. These cover reading,...

English teacher helps student flee war

John Broadwater, an American English teacher based in Maryland, had been teaching five-year-old, Milan in Kyiv via live...

English comes to Azerbaijan

Although Azerbaijan is leading the way economically in the South Caucasus region, is sits at the bottom compared to its neighbours when it comes...

Vietnam’s disappearing English schools

A number of Ho Chi Minh City’s English language schools have disappeared while still owing millions of Vietnamese dong to parents who had enrolled...

Chicago to train bilingual EL teachers

With a shortfall of up to 100 bilingual teachers in the Chicago area, $4 million has been earmarked by the Illinois State Board of...

Two languages better than one

Dual language and immersion (DLI) programmes in the USA are now more prevalent than ever, as reported by Axios.com, with over 3,600 now operating,...

The pity of war

In response to the invasion of Ukraine, author and ELT academic Alan Maley approached friends and colleagues, asking them to write poems that came...

Australia turning away Chinese students

Chinese students must participate in military training when they enrol at university in their country. It usually consists of up to 24 days in...
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