Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Issue 479 - Feb 2022

      The Michigan English Test goes live

      Michigan Language Assessment launched MET Digital to provide test-takers and accepting institutions with global access to a Michigan certificate of English proficiency Michigan Language Assessment recently accomplished an important milestone:...

      An English summer

      Our special supplement will help you decide where to get the best English instruction the UK has to...

      “I ain’t done nothing wrong…”

      Where’s the sense in double negatives? The use of double negation in English persists despite being counterintuitive, suggests a...

      Using the silver screen

      A film is worth a thousand visual aids, says ELT teacher Rick Haill Scene 1 A 15-year-old schoolboy fully...

      The UK’s English language teaching industry lags on diversity

      After doing a survey of 30 UK English language schools’ websites, I found that, out of 133 teachers...

      Non-native speakerism has had its day

      Two inlingua schools, one in Germany and one in Italy, are among the 80% of schools in continental Europe no longer using the term...

      Security breach a potential nightmare

      A British Council data leak has exposed thousands of students’ information These days, we’re all aware of the dangers of our online information being hacked....

      Top jobs

      Qualified teachers should beat a path to a UK university, says Melanie Butler Why do universities, on average, outperform language schools? One reason is...

      The real deal

      If you want a university experience don’t settle for anything less, says Melanie Butler The appeal of summer courses branded as a ‘university experience’ and...

      Notes on good practice

      As a teacher you should never stop learning, says Wayne Trotman TEACHING IN CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES By Chris Sowton Cambridge University Press, 2021 ISBN 978-1-108-81612-0 The inspiration for...

      Boarding schools are best for summer work

      Stated hours, better-than-minimum wage and, often, accommodation are part of the package, making them an attractive option Since Brexit means fewer EU teachers work in...
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