Trial and error fails for phrasal verbs
Study followed by retrieval practice may be a better way to learn new items than the popular trial and error method, so finds a...
Australia mourns Aiia
Aiia Maasarwe was studying English at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, when she was raped and murdered. A 20-year-old man has been charged.
In...
…as ICE rounds up TOEFL test cheats
Agents of US Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) have arrested five US nationals of Chinese origin in connection with an impersonation scam.
The suspects are...
Hundreds held in fake Uni sting…
The ‘University of Farmington’ in Michigan was closed at the end of January when a federal indictment was unsealed, revealing that the institution, operating...
David Graddol: the man who saw the future of English
David Graddol, who died in March aged 66, was a one-man think tank who changed the way the world sees the English language and...
Using AR in ELT materials: a case study Could Augmented Reality transform ELT materials?
It is not yet a standard feature, but one publisher, as a proof of concept, has started to use AR in their newest catalogue.
“We’re...
