When you start your expatriate life in Israel, you will join around 7.7 million people currently living there. The majority of the population has settled in the coastal plain, along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Considering the country’s urbanization rate of...
The British Pearson group is buying Grupo Multi, the largest provider of private language education in Brazil, in a major move into education in South America.Peason will pay $720 million in cash to buy the company which currently has over 800,000 students and last...
Fears are growing in that ESL programs are likely to close leading to a loss of jobs for ESL teachers but also increased difficulties for immigrant and refugee students who will not have the opportunity to learn English. Proposed budget changes in NSW, Australia are...
English is the most important language anyone can learn today. That's not really in question as it dominates the world. But what is the second most useful language anyone can know? The British Council published a list today of which languages are the most important...
The 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan may seem a long way off, but in Japan the Tokyo authorities are already beginning to plan for the influx of foreign tourists and athletes. And the first step is increasing the number of English teachers in the country. Right now in...
The Malaysian Education Ministry is under fire after results from state school tests showed an overall decline in English standards despite recent massive spending on training from the British Council, the Brighton Education Group and the SMR HR Group."There is...
A bus driver in Maine, USA, has been suspended after complaints she made noisy students put duct tape over their mouths to keep them quiet. The driver worked for the First Student bus service and ferried children from Surrey Elementary School in Surrey, Maine....
British English teacher Roy Tucker, aged 49, died of a heart attack last Friday in Bang Saray, Thailand. He was an English teacher in several Satthip District public schools. Mr Tucker was with his girlfriend at the time and suffered from heart problems for which he...
Headway is one of the most popular ELT coursebooks around today with sales topping 70 million. The authors have recently announced an extension to their scholarship program helping 2 teachers a year in their professional development in the UK. Since 2004 the authors...
The UK government has awarded £6m ($9.5m or €7m) to various projects teaching English to non-native speakers in the country. The projects are aimed at some 24,000 speakers in so-called 'priority areas' in London, the Midlands and the North of the country where many...
