Features and Comment
Point of View: No more funny business?
Teachers Sarah Priestley and Tom Flaherty call on those working in the ELT industry to re-consider the role of ‘fun’ in the classroom
Dear ELT...
Don’t be caught napping over sleep-in pay
Melanie Butler examines how the outcome of an Appeals Court case could have serious implications for employers of staff who sleep on the premises
Summer...
It’s Summer and everyone is having fun. Aren’t they?
Summertime is here, ELLs are making headlines and some of the oldest shibboleths are being challenged, Melanie Butler writes.
Well, Betsy DeVos certainly seems to...
‘Staff and students know this school is different’
IH London prides itself on its sense of community, a commitment to teachers and the quality of education it provides, its new management team...
Living Precariously
The conditions that can lead to poor mental health are ripe in English language teaching, argues Melanie Butler.
Sometimes work cracks me up – in...
‘Regard it like an MOT test’
School inspections needn’t be scary, Ann Matsunaga tells Melanie Butler
Ann Matsunaga has had nearly every job in ELT, not to mention her time in...
