The sun sets on two ELT empires
The cosy hegemony of the US and the UK is ending. Melanie Butler and Ron Ragsdale examine why
Shortly after the Second World War, representatives...
Don’t judge a learner by their label: US teacher expectations of ELLs
Label, not language level, may determine teachers’ perceptions, study finds
Labelling US school pupils as English Language Learners (ELLs) leads to lower teachers’ expectations, except...
At the top for 16+
The top language centres for students aged 16+ now receive an area of strength in 80 per cent or more of all the areas...
Scott Thornbury’s 101 Grammar Questions
Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers
Scott Thornbury
Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781292237206
How many conditionals are there? How many tenses? The questions in this pocket handbook are frequently...
“Our house is always open”
IH London CEO Mark Rendell tells Melanie Butler why the future of ELT is innovation
As CEO of International House London and in-coming chair of...
Becoming a language teacher
Wayne Trotman reviews a study of the socialisation of trainee-teachers
Social Interaction in Language Teacher Education
Fiona Farr, Angela Farrell and Elaine Freeman
Edinburgh University Press, 2019
ISBN:...
