Features and Comment
Edinburgh’s EFL revival
Teacher and journalist, Charlie Ellis, reports on Edinburgh’s COVID recovery.
Following the twin blows of COVID and Brexit there are signs of renewed life in...
Melanie Butler, in conversation with British Council’s Mark Walker
”We are really asking questions,” says Mark Walker about the British Council’s new report on the “Future of English.” It is not – the...
Putting out the flames of culture wars
Have we just hit peak language wars?
Just when we thought it was safe to go back down the pub, the language wars have again...
English in the Mediterranean – the secrets of Malta’s success?
It has been a truism for some years that Ireland has the most English Language schools per capita of any English language destination. Outside...
Linguistics and grammar – time for a divorce?
Ninety years ago, a Danish academic wrote: “It is important to keep the two concepts time and tense strictly apart”. Unfortunately the writer was...
Does size matter?
With small multilingual countries steaming ahead can the old superpowers keep up?
The summer is upon us, and the world of ELT is returning to...
