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CONTENTS
JUNE 2017
leader
Editor’s letter
5 Donald Trump has reminded us why we all
love language, says editor Irena Barker.
news
Upfront
6 Trouble in South Korea as teachers are © STEVE PELLERINE
deported from an international school.
Upfront
7 Nurses struggle to clear high UK Ielts bar.
World
8 Find out what’s going on in ELT – from
Scotland to Spain. 7
Research News
10 Can schools start language learning too 32
early?
News spotlight
12 American scholars are hot under the
collar about Confucius Institutes. Point of View
data & analysis 22 Blair Matthews on why Te ers deserve
unions.
European Language Learning Teach in Bahrain
16 Melanie Butler probes the Eurydice 24 Olga Kravchenko investigates the
opportunities for Te ers in the Gulf State.
data.
UK language schools People
18 Claudia Civinini looks for signs of hope 26 One intrepid teaching veteran describes
in English UK’s disappointing gures what it takes to have a successful career in ELT.
features & comment reviews & resources
Assessment
Editor-at- Large 10 30 Can you have too many surprise tests
20 Melanie Butler explains why Te needs in class?
troublemakers Teaching techniques
32 How teachers can use art to teach
English.
Governments interview
persist in Higher Education
34 Dr Martin Lamb, from the University of
seeing Leeds, talks masters courses and motivation
quali cations
as the coming up next month
answer The China edition
20 This ain’t Kansas anymore
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