Babies can tell a hum isn’t human language
Twelve-month old babies understand that foreign languages are not just noise, according to a study by Athena Vouloumanos at New York University.
Babies selectively attend...
Practise pronunciation, improve listening
Teaching pronunciation to learners of Spanish as a foreign language improved intelligibility and comprehension in listening tasks, reports Elizabeth Kissling from the University of...
Making a Mark with Millfield
Mark Greenow’s first summer school was 41 years ago. Now the Director of Millfield’s summer courses, he tells Melanie Butler what he has learned
Do...
SECRET SECTORS
Melanie Butler explores four more centre types
Business English. There are now only seven accredited centres in the UK entirely focused on professional English. On...
Values added course books? How the topics we teach have changed in the last twenty years
Since the 1990s, ELT textbooks have increasingly embodied neoliberal assumptions, claims Keith Copley’s qualitative analysis of popular and influential ELT courses from the last...
Chinese to redefine native speaker teachers?
China is set to redefine native-speaker teachers to include citizens of former colonies where English is used as a second language, according to Philippine...
