Thursday, April 18, 2024

Features and Comment

Asking the right question: teaching reading to bilingual learners

Phonics has, and continues to be, be a point of contention for many in the field of ELT. Professors Ester de Jong and Socorro Herrera discuss how to contextualise...

Embracing English learners in a Science of Reading era

What are the socio-cultural barriers to reading? Experts in literacy, Martha Hernandez and Laurie Olsen discuss the way...

Inclusion and exclusion in EdTech

How can EdTech create opportunities for those from disadvantaged backgrounds? We chat with Adam Edmett, Head of EdTech...

Spillover

How can management and leadership affect teacher morale? Teacher trainer and English language expert, Giovanni Licata explains how...

Neurodiversity and teaching EFL abroad

For many, it is not just culture shock to overcome when teaching overseas. Writer and educator, Andrew Theophilou...

From rankings to real estate

Where does your university come in the REF and where will Ireland put all those language students banging on its door? Just what is the...

A new approach from Cambridge

Francesca Woodward, Global Managing Director for English at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, explains why it was the right time to merge two Cambridge...

Putting security first

Janet Garcia, president of PSI, which runs the Skills for English test, explains what sets it apart from the pack What do you think makes...

There is no up

Self-perceptions of ELT teachers in the Republic of Ireland, by Deborah Tobin The global expansion of English has led to an increased international demand for...

Mixed motives for language learning?

Melanie Butler talks to Hayo Reinders It was a white paper from Oxford University Press called ‘Using Technology to Motivate Learners’ that first bought Hayo...

In memoriam of a great teacher

Teacher training colleague and close family friend Katy Salisbury remembers Alun Rees Alun Rees, the inspirational EL teacher and teacher educator, died aged 83 on...
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