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TOEFL: Assessing the test

How does the new TOEFL Writing assess test-takers’ use of grammar? Joanna Buckle examines the test and gives her take The TOEFL has gone from being a test with an...

Policy, policy, policy: a glance back at 2024

Though it seems to have come and gone so quickly, 2024 is beginning to wrap itself up in...

British Council’s shared services in India: smart cost-cutting or cultural misstep?

Educator and journalist William Grice shares his experience with teacher recruitment through the British Council. Last year, I was...

Seeing the person in front of you

Fabio Cerpelloni speaks to Hadar Shemesh about the importance of teacher recruitment and retention for her school, Accent's...

Enhancing English education in Thailand’s refugee camps

Teacher William Grice explores the challenges of teaching English to refugees in the context of the ongoing crisis...

The gathering storm?

As governments move to stop the job subsidises, the real damage to international education is likely to be done says Melanie Butler It feels like...

Big names, big debts, big problems?

Branded language schools are closing across the English-speaking world. Melanie Butler examines why. What do Stafford House, Global Village and inlingua have in common? They are...

Is the EFL model broken in the UK and the US?

Melanie Butler gives her view After 30 years reporting on English language teaching, I am accustomed to waves of school closures in one English-speaking country...

These are the drivers propelling the EMI train forward

The drive to English as a Medium of Instruction is unstoppable, but teachers need support to keep it on track, argues Ernesto Macaro Virtually every...

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...

We know it makes sense

Multisensory learning benefits students of all abilities and is an excellent way for teachers to introduce inclusive practises, says Anne Margaret Smith Inclusion’ and ‘inclusive...
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