Punjabis prefer IELTS brides
The ancient tradition of Indian arranged marriages has taken a new twist among matchmakers in the northern state of Punjab, where “Ielts brides” –...
Korea closes language schools as Covid-19 hits hagwons
The Metropolitan Government of Seoul at the end of May ordered a programme of “special inspections” of the mega-city’s roughly 12,000 English-medium kindergartens, 343...
Seven language schools go in North America
A flurry of language school closures in North America demonstrates the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on the language travel industry.
Stafford House, owned by Chinese...
Virtual Language Institute enrols 300,000 in Syria
As Covid-19 moves English language teaching online, thousands of Syrian English language students displaced by war and separated by the 10-year-old conflict are catching...
Maltese teachers’ plight hits headlines again
Maltese EFL teachers are struggling to get by as financial assistance, promised by the government, has been slow in arriving, according to the Times...
Ten-year-old teaches English to thousands
A ten-year-old New Yorker has recently established an online English programme teaching tens of thousands of students in countries including China, Mexico, Germany, Singapore...
