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:...

‘The English language has been creating new centres for centuries’

Point of View What do we mean by ‘native speaker of English,’ and who should set the standards, asks Rakesh Bhanot Without thinking too hard, imagine...

VISA TYPES FOR TEACHING IN CHINA

Acquiring a Visa to teach EAP in China is becoming more and more complex. In the last two years, new restrictions were brought in...

Teach in China

Mark Krzanowski talks to Lisa Magloff about the challenges and opportunities on the EAP agenda at Chinese universities. Recent years have witnessed an unprecedented growth...

Top tips to reducing cognitive load in the beginner to pre-intermediate classroom

Constantly recycle vocabulary and grammar to establish long term memory and reduce cognitive load on working memory. Use known vocabulary with new grammar...

When English Medium is the message

English as a Medium of Instruction is right at the top of the agenda for Trevor Grimshaw. He tells Melanie Butler why. When Trevor first...

OUT OF THE BOX

Challenge inappropriate behavior A policy on bullying and harassment is not enough to protect employers or their staff, warns Varinder Unlu With all the recent high-profile...
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