Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Special Features

The creative classroom: we hear from you!

Our showcase of your best creative activities in the classroom! Is it possible to effectively combine creativity with language learning? Creative activities are a tried and true aspect of teaching; our...

Special Supplement: working smarter

Preparing adults for work and understanding how they work. Those of us who teach adults will concur their motivations...

Read the evidence: books are best!

Should we be using digital or paper-based learning for reading comprehension? Has reading on paper had its day? After...

IATEFL: it’s not over yet!

Did you attend IATEFL this year? Sadly, Brighton's glittering coast has come and gone and IATEFL is firmly...

In case you missed it: the UK language centre rankings 2023-24

It’s that time of year again! Melanie Butler walks us through what to expect in this year’s UK...

Uni numbers drop but scores stay high

Melanie Butler explains the numbers Twenty-nine British universities are currently accredited by the British Council, down nine since the beginning of Covid, a drop of...

The Covid fall-out on Centres of Excellence

Melanie Butler on who has survived, thrived and dived in the past two years There have been a number of major changes to our Centre...

It can pay to go mainstream

These educational institutions often attract the best teachers, says Melanie Butler It’s fashionable in British EFL to view language schools as part of the hospitality...

Speak perfectly

Online learning platform Perfectly Spoken is your route to successful English acquisition Perfectly Spoken offers online English language training for adults and young adults on...

Scores improve during Covid

Making sense of the numbers The mean average score for the number of areas of strength awarded to language centres since March 2020 has risen...

Do points mean prizes?

Who does best in chain-school rankings? Melanie Butler finds out Who takes the prizes among the chains? Generally, the answer is top prizes go to...
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