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:...

Chinese language students: where are they headed?

Bonard’s Grace Zhu unpacks the emerging trends The global health crisis had a major impact on most industries and sectors, and the education sector in...

Exploring the evidence

Two teachers offer their views on common teaching practices Below, two of the authors of An Introduction to Evidence-Based Teaching in the English Language Classroom...

When language sounds like music

Learning another tongue is easier if it comes through a tune Did you know that hearing words as melodies, as opposed to simply staccato sounds,...

Global trends in online ESL opportunities

What schools are looking for in their teachers, by Gerald Nikolai Smith 'All you need is a bachelor’s degree, TEFL and 5hrs of free time...

Can we disentangle TEFL from its colonial past?

Yes, says Alice Rodgers, but first we must be aware of it I was only about 20 when I moved to Colombia for a year...

The annual rankings

Which are the top ranked English language schools in the UK – and why? After a tumultuous year we publish this year’s list Without mentioning...
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