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WORLD NEWS

newspaper, three weeks is the
US average length of stay, down by 0.2
More than 40 per cent of weeks when compared to 2015. gl bal
American colleges and universities
have reported declines in the
number of applications from Bangladesh perspective
international students, a survey
finds.The study of 250 institutions, Plans to build two foreign
released by the American university campuses have been
Association of Collegiate Registrars blocked by the education ministry,
and Admissions Officers, finds the University World News (UWN)
biggest decline in applications is reports. Plans for a branch of the
from the Middle East. Australia Monash University, for The Gazette editorial team’s
Officials cited concerns from example, had been approved by the selection of ELT news from
potential applicants over president higher education regulatory body
Donald Trump’s immigration University Grants Commission, but around the world
policies. Graduate schools are were then blocked by the ministry.
feeling the worst of the slump, with Private university owners in the
nearly half reporting drops. country have routinely opposed
‘Our deans describe it as a the opening of foreign university The man, who speaks in an fees in Malaysia are the eighth
chilling effect’, said Suzanne branches in the country, and Eastern European accent and has most expensive in the world for
Ortega, president of the Council of lobbying by them could be causing his face partially covered, brags that expatriates and the country beats
Graduate Schools. the block, the UWN suggested. his status as a Westerner makes Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam
Bangladesh is set to become a very him attractive to local women. in terms of students. This is
attractive market for international The extraordinary video was despite having less than half of
Malta student recruiters. 48 per cent shot by Taqu (Touch), a Chinese the population of these countries,
of its population is aged under mobile app that markets sex toys Malaysiakini news website reported.
The number of foreign English 24, and the number of middle online. Web users have slammed it A new online English language
language learners is increasing class consumers is set to triple in as a marketing stunt, according to learning system is being rolled
on the Mediterranean island, the the coming decade, Icef Monitor English language blog Shanghaiist. out to forty rural primary and
Times of Malta reported. A quarter reports. Most importantly, its secondary school in the country,
of these students come from domestic offer is lagging behind, press agency Bernama reports. The
Italy (24.5 per cent), followed by and Bangladeshi students are Malaysia programme, called Cambridge
Germany (14.2 per cent) and France flocking abroad. Accessible Tests (CATs), has been
(11.1 per cent). The country leads South East developed with the cooperation of
General English was the most Asian countries in terms of Cambridge Malaysia Education and
popular course among the students China students attending English-medium Development Trust (CMEDT). The
and July the busiest month for international schools, according Malaysian ministry of education
the language schools. In terms of A man claiming to be an American to a report published by the expects full implementation in
gender, 60.4 per cent of the entire English teacher in China has been International School Consultancy. the next two years. This will allow
student population were female criticised after posting a bizarre The country has 71,589 students in rural areas to be more
students and the largest share of video on the web, talking about students enrolled followed by exposed to the English language.
language students, 31.3 per cent, how easy it is for him to attract Thailand (64.928) and Singapore, Teachers have been trained to use
were aged 15. According to the Chinese women. (63,789).The international the programme at the government’s
English Language Training Centre.

CANADA Japan
The Pacific Immigrant
Resource Society has been The Tokyo metropolitan
piloting a new English government is to open an English
language courses for language immersion facility, the
refugee women focusing Japan Times reports. The centre,
on the recovery from THE PACIFIC IMMIGRANT RESOURCE SOCIETY named Tokyo Global Gateway, will
trauma. ‘We want to make open in September 2018 and will
English language courses be able to accommodate 200,000
more inclusive for those children a year for one-day classes.
who have experienced The project aims to develop
trauma’, explained Amea children’s proficiency in English
Wilbur, the programme ahead of the 2020 Olympics,
director. Her doctoral with programmes offering a
research investigated this complete immersion in the
topic in depth. (For more language with minimal use
on this, go to our digital of Japanese to teach practical
edition at elgazette.com) conversation skills.The programmes
will be targeted at students from

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