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WELCOME . EDITOR’S LETTER

Who is teaching English?

How we teach English is changing, but our
attitude towards English teachers should theteam

change too.
MELANIE BUTLER,
Welcome to the latest issue of the EL Gazette, and hello from your new editor! The year is editor-in-chief,
hotting up, and as the summer holidays loom, we’re asking: who gets to teach English and why? started teaching EFL in
Iran in 1975. She worked
Something the Gazette feels very strongly about is the ever-present bugbear of nativespeakerism. for the BBC World Service,
The concept of being better qualified to teach English as a native speaker is often challenged, yet it Pearson/Longman and
continues to be prevalent in institutions across the world. On page 26, teacher William Grice gives MET magazine before
his personal experiences of the problem from his time in Vietnam; a country with a heavily biased taking over at the Gazette in 1987 and
ELT industry. also launching Study Travel magazine.
We also look at how multilingual countries such as Educated in 10 schools in seven countries,
she speaks fluent French and Spanish, and
Why not use your the Philippines are being recognised as a prominent rather rusty Italian.
ELT destination, attracting thousands of students
skills to work for from across the world. However, Filipino teachers melanie@elgazette.com
yourself or build a are fighting with China for the right to teach English LAUREN BILLINGS,
there. Paul Robertson, founder of SCOPE, tells all
editor, has a master’s
on page 12. in Publishing from
whole new business? Closer to home, Charlie Ellis dives into the University of
Edinburgh’s resurgence as an ELT destination. The Roehampton. She
previously taught English
city may have a new lease of life! Have a look on page 10 to see how well schools in Edinburgh have in Japan, and speaks
recovered since COVID. conversational Japanese.
Meanwhile, Melanie Butler explains how British schools may not be paying true minimum editor@elgazette.com
wage. If you’d like to check your school is paying you correctly, have a look at the full
investigation on page 6. GILL RAGSDALE,
Fed up with schools underpaying you? Why not use your skills to work for yourself or build a research news reporter,
whole new business? Teacher and author, Brad Carty, explains how he has used his experience and has a PhD in Evolutionary
Anthropology from
qualifications to venture outside of the traditional classroom setting, and beyond, on page 28. Cambridge and teaches
Of course, we also have our Special Supplement for your perusal! A bumper 10 pages starts Psychology with the Open
over on page 15 all about the British Council’s “Future of English” publication. We analyse all University. She also holds
their predictions on tech, assessment, multilingualism, and English-Medium Education. How will an RSA-Cert TEFL. Gill has taught EFL in
the UK, Turkey, Egypt and to refugees in
advances in AI change the way students learn? How do assessments need to be adapted to evolving the Calais ‘Jungle’ in France. She currently
classrooms? Is it better to have multiple languages in the classroom, or just English? teaches English to refugees in the UK.
Take a look and see what you think.
To coincide, the British Council are providing free digital copies of “Future of English” exclusive CHARLOTTE DYASON,
to our readers. If you’d like to read the full publication alongside our Special Supplement, click the senior sales, a graduate
link on page 17 to get your copy! of Canterbury and
As always, we hope you enjoy the EL Gazette! experienced education
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