Thursday, April 3, 2025

Issue 484

      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 does in the UK’s Research...

      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...

      Growth mindset

      Can a growth mindset be harnessed to improve academic progress? Students with a more growth-oriented mindset do better on...

      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...

      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...

      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...

      Homestay is where the heart is

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

      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 2022, the Gazette can reveal. This...

      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 association of regulated language schools, to...

      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 is believed to be the first...

      English in the Mediterranean – the secrets of Malta’s success?

      It has been a truism for some years that Ireland has the most English Language schools per capita of any English language destination. Outside...
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