Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Issue 484

      Does size matter?

      With small multilingual countries steaming ahead can the old superpowers keep up? The summer is upon us, and the world of ELT is returning to normal. Or is it? Pre-pandemic the...

      Homestay is where the heart is

      Outside the UK, the image of a summer school is not a week at Hogwarts but a day...

      A quarter of UK accredited centres gone

      A further 24 operations have shut down or opted to leave the British Council Accreditation scheme since September...

      The world’s smallest major ELT destination is full

      Melanie Butler investigates the smallest and largest ELT destinations This time last year when I called MEI, the Irish...

      BC Tokyo staff strike over forced retirement

      British Council Tokyo staff have started industrial action against forced retirement at the age of 65, in what...

      Secret of Nottingham Success

      The University of Nottingham excels in all the ELT metrics: It features in the QS international rankings for both Linguistics and Education as it...

      The bilingual boy who showed us how language links to dyslexia

      Alex has been interviewed by the BBC,” a friend e-mailed me, sending a link to an article. Which Alex? As I clicked on the...

      Growth mindset

      Can a growth mindset be harnessed to improve academic progress? Students with a more growth-oriented mindset do better on an academic writing course, but reading...

      What the Welsh tell us about reading

      Biliteracy needs to be taught, especially to dyslexics, Melanie Butler discovers It’s hardly news that dyslexics may face problems learning English. The case of Alex...

      Teaching EFL online due to Covid

      A study in China reflects common themes teachers faced around the world Chinese EFL teachers describe common challenges faced when the Covid pandemic necessitated moving...

      A classicist’s take on the Trinity Cert

      Language learner and teacher Zoë Parrish took a four-week online Trinity CertTESOL course with EBC. Here’s what it was like I may not be your...
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