Thursday, May 1, 2025

Thought Leader

Global Scale of English 10 years on

As the Global Scale of English celebrates its 10-year anniversary, Mike Mayor, Senior Director for the GSE, reflects on its impact and considers how it can continue to support our teaching efforts in the future.

Laura Harmon: Advocating for the rights of international students in Ireland means valuing teachers too

Ron Ragsdale in conversation with Laura Harmon You’ve led a very politically charged life, twice running for a seat...

Hamish Chalmers: Trusting the evidence

Ron Ragsdale talks to Hamish Chalmers, language education researcher and former international school teacher, about the power of...

Noreen Caplen-Spence: Black Teachers Matter

Noreen Caplen-Spence shares her poems and thoughts with Ron Ragsdale If language is the tool of thought, James Joyce through...

Sophia Howlett: Taking a holistic approach to teacher education

Dr Sophia Howlett of the School for International Training, Vermont, in conversation with Ron Ragsdale Your university education was...

Anne O’Keeffe: Learning a second language helps teachers

Ron Ragsdale, in conversation with Dr Anne O’Keeffe As a child in Ireland you will have had to study Irish as a second language in...

Judit Kormos: The woman who wants EFL to include everyone

Ron Ragsdale in conversation with Judit Kormos For us, You are a thought leader partly because, as a Hungarian working at the University of Lancaster,...

Xavier Gisbert: The man who put bilingual schools on the agenda

Melanie Butler grabs a coffee with Xavier Gisbert “I don’t believe every school should be bilingual. It would be a disaster.” We journalists love people...
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