Does learning languages open your mind?
Learning more languages makes you more flexible, open-minded and more likely to take the initiative in social situations, according to Jean-Marc Dewaele (Birkbeck, University...
Traditional teaching tires teachers out
Traditional, teacher-centred teaching is more likely to lead to exhaustion than more modern, constructivist methods where students are actively responsible for their own learning,...
Searching for free research
Gill Ragsdale’s guide to finding the right research
A great deal of research is carried out on language learning and teaching. This could help teachers...
The higher my level, the more I blame my teacher
Personal responsibility for failure decreases as adult Spanish students progress from beginner to intermediate level, report Manuel Soriano-Ferrer and Elena Alonso-Blanco in a study...
An oasis of data for research-hungry language teachers
Inge Alferink tells Gill Ragsdale about the OASIS Project
Oasis was launched in 2018 to address the obstacles teachers face in using research. How does...
CLIL Advantage
Gill Ragsdale reports the results of a five year study from Spain
The effect of CLIL on students’ linguistic competence grows over time, even after...
