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Issue 465 - May/Jun 2019

Brits behind as book trade booms?

McGraw Hill Education and Cengage Learning are to merge, according to the Financial Times. The new company, which will include National Geographic Learning, will have projected cash earnings of...

Making strides with metacognition

Gill Ragsdale explains the power of thinking aloud ‘We do not learn from experience…. we learn from reflecting on...

Everything you need to know about EFL but they were afraid to tell you…

Wayne Trotman welcomes the new, complete, evidence-based guide THE CAMBRIDGE GUIDE TO LEARNING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE Edited...

…as boarding schools get bounce from Brexit

Demand by EU students, especially from Spain and Germany, for places at Irish boarding school are soaring, according...

Is European ELT facing a continental shift?

Demography is the real danger, says Melanie Butler The mood in European EFL is generally glum. And it’s not...

British lettori battle on as Brexit looms

The saga of the lettori – foreign language lecturers, unlawfully paid less and engaged on worse contracts than their Italian counterparts – shows no...

News in brief

ESTONIA: Estonia’s Minister of Education, Mailis Reps, announced in May that state secondary school students with high-level English will be able to take Cambridge...

Down in Devon

Melanie Butler explores young learning in Devon Devon offers the best quality of life in England, according to an analysis by wellness charity Happy City....

Spontaneity: the vital ingredient

Like actors, musicians and clowns, teachers should learn to improvise, according to Alan Maley & Adrian Underhill One topic which never gets discussed in ELT...

Global perspective

The Gazette editorial team’s selection of ELT news from around the world IRAN: The British Council has confirmed that it is “sadly, highly likely” that the...

Gesture gives memory a hand

Presenting new words with accompanying gestures activates deeper brain processing in the learner, resulting in better retention, report Manuela Macedonia and colleagues at Universities...
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