Friday, May 2, 2025

2022 Issues

Mediation skills in the English language classroom

We all have to take information, understand it and then explain it to others. Although it may be second nature to many, it takes a unique set of skills...

Dictionary definition sparks global culture clash

The Cambridge English Dictionary has hit the global headlines by adding an extra meaning to the definition of...

English key to tackling UK’s skills shortage

The double whammy of Brexit and the Covid pandemic has conspired to leave the United Kingdom with a...

English to be taught in Jerusalem pre-schools

A pilot programme to teach English in 50 of Jerusalem’s kindergartens will begin next spring, according to The...

Indiana wants you

The teacher shortage is being felt all over the world, but the state of Indiana, in the US,...

An odd job

Though the US, UK, Canada, Germany and Australia are now all sending their non-essential embassy staff home from Ukraine amid rising tensions with Russia,...

Singing for English

While listening to songs in English has long been used in classes, research by Dr Dennis Murphy Odo, Associate Professor at Pusan National University...

Bilingual dogs

When Laura Cuaya moved from Mexico to Budapest, Hungary, to begin her post-doctoral research at the Neuroethology of Communication Laboratory at Eötvös Loraánd University,...

Too much English?

France’s biometric identity cards, which were brought into use in August, have got the Académie Francaise – which upholds the French language – in...

Edinburgh can still rise now

Six British Council accredited private language schools are currently operating in Edinburgh, down from 14 at the beginning of 2020, making the Scottish capital...

English teacher update

Further to our news item on Monday 17 January, the Kiwi English teacher who was given until Saturday to leave Vietnam, is now in...
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