Thursday, April 24, 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:...

Interact in Israel

Plays and puppets are an excellent way to get children in Israel – both Arabs and Jews – to interact in English, as Charles...

Global perspective – December / January

The Gazette editorial team’s selection of ELT news from around the world DENMARK: Admissions to English-medium higher education programmes in Denmark have been cut by...

Head west to find the best of British

Melanie Butler explores the secrets behind the UK’s top-ranking EFL region The West of England is back on the map. First, the UK government set up...

Assessing the future

Pearson’s Freya Thomas Monk, SVP English Assessment, tells Ron Ragsdale about the changes afoot in EFL testing Can you tell me a bit about your...

Secrets to Summer Success

Summer Boarding Courses is the first summer specialist to get a perfect score on their British Council Inspection – Melanie Butler asks how they...

Interview Dixey’s Direct message

ELT needs commercial leaders to take back control of the supply of its clients, Mergers and Acquisitions guru James Dixey tells Melanie Butler James Dixey...
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