Monday, December 23, 2024

September 2023

In case you missed it: the UK language centre rankings 2023-24

It’s that time of year again! Melanie Butler walks us through what to expect in this year’s UK language centre rankings! Now the devastation of the COVID storm seems to...

The teacher lowdown, down under

An anonymous contributor, who has been working in Australia for the past six months, sheds light on the...

Remembering Susan Holden

Melanie Butler recalls her time with Susan Holden, who sadly passed away this September. From the first time I...

Students as altruistic teachers improve both wellbeing and learning

ESL students on a writing course made more progress when students taught each other altruistically, without apparent reward,...

Algorithm provides personalised feedback for trainee teachers

An artificial neural network can be trained to provide effective feedback on trainee teachers’ diagnostic reasoning, according to...

Spaceman propels learning out of this world!

Having a celebrity speak at your school may seem like a nebulous concept, but teacher, Nasy Pfanner, has done just that. Here’s how… School’s daily...

Accidental Immigrants: Ukrainians in London

In 2022, British teacher, Peter Hill, found himself in a strange place in his career. A year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Peter...

On Poetry: Benefits for students and implementation ideas for educators

Creativity in the classroom can come in a variety of ways. Teacher, Matthew Kloosterman, gives his best practice on how to incorporate poetry into...

Philip Kerr’s 30 Trends in ELT

Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers: Pocket editions Cambridge University Press, 2022 ISBN: 978-1-00-907372-1 Following my review in this journal of David Crystal’s ‘50 Questions About...

English in the World Today: Status report and state of research

Examining the effects of globalisation on the English language, Dr Andy Mering presents his findings on what is known as Mid-Atlantic English. A parochial dialect...

English medium instruction may have negative learning outcomes for students

Students taking a course in English performed worse than their counterparts taking the same course in their native language, according to a new study. The...
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