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Editor’s letter

5 How far has the English language profession www.linkedin.com/
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come in 40 years? Asks Melanie Butler
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Wedding bans

6 Home Offi ce muddle meant that
a Mexican teacher missed her wedding

Heads up
7 London principal fulfi ls fantasy
by appearing in football fi lm
World

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8 Egypt introduces kindergarten English,
plus two arrested in Taiwan for grisly 13 30
teacher murder
Research

10 Bilingual children who use L1 features & comment
frequently at home score higher in tests of
verbal and non-verbal reasoning, study fi nds Out of the Box

features & comment . 29 Stop with the ‘drag and drop‘ in
blended learning courses argues Pete Sharma

Interview

People 34 James Dixey tells Melanie Butler why it
27 Paul Colto tells us how
to become a Tefl star on YouTube is time to change the UK business model

Point of view reviews & resources
28 Phonics can make the difference in
primary English in Japan argues Kate Sato Resources

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11 30 Stories are for learning says Terry Phillips
Reviews
32 Matt Salusbury casts a journalist’s eye
Agents are over the new course for media students
now effectively
‘in control’ of many supplement
ELT schools; 13-24 Clil special 2018
and are able Includes EL Gazette’s annual
to ask for more listing of teachers’ courses in UK and Ireland
and more
commission;

up to 50 per cent coming up next issue
6 6 in recent cases. Teach in Algeria
(page 34)
Latest guide to UK Masters courses

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