British lettori battle on as Brexit looms
The saga of the lettori – foreign language lecturers, unlawfully paid less and engaged on worse contracts than their Italian counterparts – shows no...
News in brief
ESTONIA: Estonia’s Minister of Education, Mailis Reps, announced in May that state secondary school students with high-level English will be able to take Cambridge...
Global perspective
The Gazette editorial team’s selection of ELT news from around the world
IRAN:
The British Council has confirmed that it is “sadly, highly likely” that the...
Gesture gives memory a hand
Presenting new words with accompanying gestures activates deeper brain processing in the learner, resulting in better retention, report Manuela Macedonia and colleagues at Universities...
Don’t dub and improve your English
Countries which use subtitles score higher on tests, according to European researchers
Watching English-language films and TV with subtitles rather than being dubbed may increase...
Japanese chain slashes one-to-one school sites
The Coco Juku English language school chain closed 51 of its 72 schools across Japan on 31 March. The chain’s owner, the Nichii Gakkan...
