Monday, February 3, 2025

Features and Comment

Policy, policy, policy: a glance back at 2024

Though it seems to have come and gone so quickly, 2024 is beginning to wrap itself up in a, perhaps not-so-neat, little bow. The sector has experienced various highs and...

British Council’s shared services in India: smart cost-cutting or cultural misstep?

Educator and journalist William Grice shares his experience with teacher recruitment through the British Council. Last year, I was...

English on the airwaves

Learning English on the go? Fabio Cerpelloni chats with ELTon nominee, Luke Thompson all about his English-learning podcast. Q:...

Seeing the person in front of you

Fabio Cerpelloni speaks to Hadar Shemesh about the importance of teacher recruitment and retention for her school, Accent's...

The argument against exams

Are exams really a necessary evil? Fabio Cerpelloni speaks to teacher and YouTuber, Christian Saunders, to get his...

“Content must cease to be a slave to the language.”

Language classes shouldn’t be language led. CLIL shows us that concept and competences are key, argues Phil Ball There’s an extract from an EL textbook...

Zoom to the future?

Across all sectors the UK’s language lockdown has sent learning online but there is still a future for schools, says Melanie Butler All over...

Get on the Thinking Train

Gavin Biggs talks to Ron Ragsdale about the new series from Helbling What led you to your ELT writing career? I have always wanted to...

Effective EAP

Diane Schmitt talks to the Gazette about NCUK’s recent effectiveness study What is NCUK? NCUK is a consortium of universities with a global network of...

Is your journey really necessary?

The coronavirus has closed education down everywhere, but when the world opens up, it is educational travel which is most at risk, say Melanie...

Teach in Australia

Phiona Stanley reviews the pros and cons of teaching “down under” Ah, Australia: surf some big waves, take a selfie with a quokka, and hang...
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