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From Slovakia with love
Thinking about careers after graduating, Samantha Brunt was adamant that the classroom wasn't for her. So how did she end up teaching English in Slovakia for 10 months?
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Cheating gets closer examination
Security measures including holographic strips are helping English-testing companies to nab cheats as record numbers of students sit the exams
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Cost of British Council language tests 'too high'
The British Council will need to find cheaper ways of teaching in the future, auditors say. Jessica Shepherd reports
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First languages fear second place
Scandinavians' pride in their facility for English is turning to concern as their mother tongues fall out of use. Gwladys Fouché reports from Norway on action to reverse the decline
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Beyond Celta?
A Delta qualification is a prudent choice for English language teachers. Go for it, says Jenny Johnson
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27m to gain 'language of prosperity'
Britain is preparing to fund an ambitious education project in Bangladesh to reverse a decline in English skills
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The story of English under one roof
Christopher Mulvey: The campaign the world's first visitor attraction and living museum dedicated to the story of the English language has begun
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UAE college teacher wins innovation award for English course
'Ground breaking' vocabulary course for female students in the United Arab Emirates wins new international prize
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Kick-off English language teaching at a summer school
They can be notoriously hectic but can provide useful contacts for future work travels, writes Laura Harrison
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What will 'free' conversation cost?
Language teachers are still to be convinced about online learning's commercial promise, reports Max de Lotbinière
Comment: Britain must be a premier player
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English for migrants |
More money for Scotland asylum seekers
Asylum seekers and migrant workers arriving in Scotland will be among those to benefit from an extra £9m being pumped into English language classes
Esol funding to focus on long-term immigrants
Migrants offered portal to language
English at work courses launched for migrants
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Financial barriers behind fall in English students
Students enrolling on courses for English for Speakers of Other Languages put off by costs and complicated paperwork
On speaking terms
Pledge to help poor pay for English
Anger as door closes on learners
Employers 'will not fill funding gap'
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Call to delay cuts
Lecturers are to call on the government to implement a one-year moratorium on changes in entitlement to free courses in English for speakers of other languages
Employers told to meet cost of migrant English lessons
Read the full report (pdf)
London to get £15m extra for English
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Immersion is a difficult lesson
Five years into Malaysia's bold initiative to raise English skills in schools, the policy is being criticised by political opponents and parents
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Teachers left jobless in Japan
Nearly 1,000 British instructors fear for jobs as language school goes bankrupt
Scandal-ridden English language schools close doors
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Anglophones 'need not apply'
American in Paris rails against France's 'elitist' teaching qualification, arguing it is responsible for French students' poor English skills
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Finding paths to indigenous classes
Rob Burgess assesses how schools are helping improve English provision for Aboriginals
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Time-starved teachers get flexible training
Cambridge Esol offers stop-start options with its revamped diploma qualification
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Is a new language programme being rushed in?
The sudden appearance of quickie courses to teach workplace English has raised eyebrows. Peter Kingston reports
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Building blocks of language
Lessons in construction and the relevant English required are helping the unemployed return to work. Anita Pati reports
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Educational material |
Don't judge these books by their simplification
A new kind of graded reader is helping students to overcome barriers to the word on the page, writes Jamie Keddie
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Views from abroad |
Six weeks in Spain
Trainee teacher Kate Walker talks about her formative first lessons with a group of adult learners in Mallorca
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Infested dogs and English teachers go out in the midday sun
Former social services director David Townsend ventures out of his comfort zone to teach English in Cambodia
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End of the Thai school year
Cordelia Lonsdale on what she will miss about teaching English at a secondary school in Suphanburi, a provincial town in central Thailand
More views from abroad
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ELT diary
British Council told its teaching is too elite | Canada pulls back from one test for all | How to put the kick back into lessons
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Research |
The correct use of errors
How learners' wrongs help lexicographers get their dictionaries right
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The language of integration
The danger is of hitting the target but missing the point of teaching English, says Duncan O'Leary
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Britain must be a premier player
Bhaskar Chakravarti: The prime minister's recent speeches are good news for English language teaching and for the British Council
David Graddol: Time for Britain to learn
Brown speaks out for English
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Wanted: English speakers with fluency in sarcasm
There is a critical shortage of interpreters with adequate skills in their mother tongue. Why? Peter Kingston reports
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Drink clouds 'sun-and-study' image
Reports of drunken language students threaten to stall the island's growing popularity as an English-learning destination, says Karl Schembri
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Universities undermine their own foundations
Contracting out English preparation courses in Britain is a short-term fix, writes Glenn Fulcher
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Stop! Grammar time
Understanding how language works is an important part of becoming an English teacher, writes John Hughes
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Laugh and the class learns with you
Experienced teachers know the value of mirth, says Rose Senior
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A studied approach to homework
Homework can be transformed from a chore to a challenge, writes Daniel Monaghan
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Are you Tefl material?
Before you take the plunge and enrol on a course, it's worth taking some time to think about whether you have what it takes to be a Tefl teacher, says Jenny Johnson
Satisfaction guaranteed
The first year can seem like the longest
First steps on a journey with words
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Government urged to tighten language schools register
The loophole allowing immigrants to pose as students at bogus language schools should have been closed at least a year ago, the Association of Colleges has warned
Un petit problème
Tony Milns: Unite to conquer
Government speaks language of control
Visa clampdown spurs quality talk
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Technology |
ETS denies technical problems with online Toefl
Education Testing Service denies that the roll out of its new online Toefl has been beset with technical problems
Talk to the avatar
Make friends with electronic dictionaries
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How to choose a Tefl course
What do all those acronyms mean? Which is the best course? Jenny Johnson guides you through the basics of choosing a Tefl course
Home or away?
More on Tefl courses
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Learning English - the Guardian Weekly newspaper's ELT section - is launching a new free email service for English language professionals around the world. The monthly TEFL Update service will combine a full lesson plan based on a news feature, plus all the ELT-related jobs and courses advertising appearing in each month's issue of Learning English. Not only will subscribers be able to access topical classroom materials in easy-to-use text format, they will also be able to respond quickly to new career opportunities
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