Thursday, March 13, 2025

October 2022

Canada first choice

Where are international students heading post-pandemic? According to research from IDP Education, the number-one destination of choice is Canada, with 27% of students making it their first pick as...

Launch of PRELIM 3

First there was PRELIM (Partnered Remote Language Improvement Project) 1, then came PRELIM 2, both joint initiatives from...

Durham student’s initiative helps Ukrainian children

When war hit Ukraine, Alexandra Hart wanted to do something with a real-world benefit for those hit by...

$120 million awarded to support educators of English learner students in USA

As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal to make education a priority, $120 million will be awarded over...

Japanese parents protest against spoken English test

A test of spoken English is to be introduced  as part of the entrance exam for Japan’s prestigious...

How Covid tweaked the rankings

Did the pandemic do much to how well language schools perform? Melanie Butler takes a look The rankings this year are based on all the...

Algeria to teach English in schools

Much like Morocco, which saw a recent survey by the British Council discover that there was considerable support for replacing French as the second...

Vietnam becoming home to cowboy schools

Vietnam is the latest country to report an EFL teacher shortage, with language schools offering on-the-job training and existing teachers “working around the clock to...

Taiwan turns to Philippines for teachers

More Filipino English language teachers are needed on the island of Taiwan, according to the representative of the Taipei Education and Cultural Office, Peiying...

Online English learning to fill coffers

The online English language learning market is forecast to be worth a staggering US$31.81 billion within seven years’ time.  According to the Online Language Learning...

Backlash to proposal to cut English in Chinese schools rumbles on

Days after the National People’s Congress asked for less time to be spent on learning English in school, China’s netizens are still in uproar,...
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