April 2023
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
