Friday, April 25, 2025

Features and Comment

TOEFL: Assessing the test

How does the new TOEFL Writing assess test-takers’ use of grammar? Joanna Buckle examines the test and gives her take The TOEFL has gone from being a test with an...

Global Scale of English 10 years on

As the Global Scale of English celebrates its 10-year anniversary, Mike Mayor, Senior Director for the GSE, reflects on its impact and considers how it can continue to support our teaching efforts in the future.

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...

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:...

Wanted: Tefl teachers to retrain for jobs in British international schools

Colin Bell has a long history with English-Language teaching. “I did a CELTA in 1997 in London, so it’s my first profession.’’ The head...

At home in the English Home Counties

Melanie Butler discovers the allure of England’s Home Counties and its EFL destinations Imagine a ‘typically’ English town: a neat, green. safe place with ancient...

Retention is the Key to Success

Melanie Butler explains how and why our four super schools hang on to their staff Only four language course providers have a perfect score on...

Summer Sums up St Edmund’s Philosophy

It’s all about the whole child, Lee Hawkes tells Melanie Butler “EFL teachers tend to be solitary. When I was teaching in London, I moved...

Is European ELT facing a continental shift?

Demography is the real danger, says Melanie Butler The mood in European EFL is generally glum. And it’s not just Brexit. I’ve been getting e-mails...

Down in Devon

Melanie Butler explores young learning in Devon Devon offers the best quality of life in England, according to an analysis by wellness charity Happy City....
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