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Language professionals challenge “native” requirement in hiring

Open letter to Council of Europe demands clarity. After months of collaboration, educators Vincent Richard, Ana Jovic, Meri Maroutian and Dr Natalia Wright have published an open letter to the...

EC London teachers in strike ballot

The first-ever strike ballot in the UK’s private TEFL sector is underway. Teachers at EC English London, members of...

British author’s interactive novel to benefit English language learners

Best-selling author Saviour Pirotta will co-create his latest novel, The Case of the Blue Mask, with thousands of...

BPL receives national grant for English language learning

BPL has received a $500,000 grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York as part of the foundation’s Libraries as Pillars of Education and Democracy initiative.

Mongolia opens English Language Teaching Center of Excellence

With support from the US Embassy and a range of international partners, Mongolia's new Center of Excellence will...

Japan postpones new tests

Education minister Koichi Hagiuda has postponed controversial plans to introduce private English tests – including Japan’s Eiken test and ETS’s Toefl – alternatives to...

The higher my level, the more I blame my teacher

Personal responsibility for failure decreases as adult Spanish students progress from beginner to intermediate level, report Manuel Soriano-Ferrer and Elena Alonso-Blanco in a study...

EF test hits headlines as sample size soars

November saw the publication of the ninth Education First Proficiency Index. Based on EF’s own online English test, the publication of the Index is...

Talking Turkish ELT

Twenty-two Turkish teachers recently completed a course at Edinburgh College as part of their training to become master mentors for the ELT component of...

An oasis of data for research-hungry language teachers

Inge Alferink tells Gill Ragsdale about the OASIS Project Oasis was launched in 2018 to address the obstacles teachers face in using research. How does...

Global Perspective

The Gazette editorial team’s selection of ELT news from around the world SPAIN: Britain’s new ambassador to Spain, former TEFLer Hugh Elliott, arrived in the country...
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