July 2022
Ireland’s student numbers have outgrown the number of beds available
Engineer Amanda Nogueira was one of 30 Brazilians studying English in Ireland who spent two months sleeping in the basement bar of a Dublin...
Blended learning can improve outcomes, especially for English language learners
Blended learning is better than regular classroom or wholly online learning, especially for English language learners, according to a review by a team from...
Understanding the REF
A crash course in what it means, why it’s important and how to use it, by Melanie Butler
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) for 2021...
Visa tough times
Delays and backlogs are becoming the post-Covid norm for language students dealing with immigration services around the world, as Melanie Butler reports
Ireland is the...
There is no up
Self-perceptions of ELT teachers in the Republic of Ireland, by Deborah Tobin
The global expansion of English has led to an increased international demand for...
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How English-captioned videos stimulate learning
Learning new vocabulary from videos is improved with full captions (glossed, if possible) combined with pre-viewing activities, as demonstrated in...
