Language learning

There has been a recent surge in Japanese students choosing Finland as the place to have a one-on-one language learning experience, one provider has told The PIE News.

After pandemic-induced turbulence in South Africa’s English Language Teaching sector, which saw a decline in memberships, school closures, and more, the country is witnessing a significant market recovery post-Covid.

The spearhead of a coaching project designed to complement language courses with life competency skills for staff has been marketed to schools around the world after being tested across Italy.

Spanish language school Expanish is set to move its two centres - Expanish Barcelona and Expanish Barcelona 30+ - to one of the most historically and culturally significant buildings in the city’s Eixample district. 

While Ireland and Australia are forecasted to have made a full recovery in the English language sector in 2023, the UK, US and Canada have yet to reach that milestone, delegates at a school conference were told.

Italy and Brazil see surprising rises in NSO's 2023 English as a Foreign Language Data from licensed ELT schools

With a "strategic alliance", the companies create one of the largest independent school operators in the sector

The European Council has promoted more study and work abroad opportunities within and beyond the EU, to enhance Europe's competitiveness in the global green and digital transformations.

As the UK's ELT sector celebrates the best year since the pandemic, particularly the private sector, government lobbying must continue for sake of the sector, and wider UK.

A consortium of language schools has become the newest organisation recognised as part of the Canadian government's International Experience Canada program.

Eaquals, a leading association in language education, has concluded another fruitful international conference in Lisbon, exploring topics such as AI and leadership.

Oxford University Press has waded into the advanced English language space by launching a new online test for CEFR B2 to C1 learners.

Agents finding students for language schools in Canada are trialling different 'go-arounds' for the study permit cap that has hit dozens of schools.

Wall Street English has recovered from the lows of the Covid-19 and annual growth in excess of 10% has allowed it to return to pre-2019 levels.

The Forum on Education Abroad celebrated a 20-year milestone of annual conferences this month, with a focus on new technology and the climate crisis.