Language learning

Victoria will celebrate the contribution of international education at next month’s prestigious Victorian International Education Awards, and 17 international students and 19 education providers have been profiled as finalists.

The quality of English language teaching globally is being compromised by corporate exam providers, and the role of teachers is being squeezed by more cost effective, technology driven alternatives ELT experts have said.

The Quality Assurance in Language Education Network, a worldwide network of English language accreditation bodies, has officially launched its website and branding this month, following a symposium in Malta. The developments put the organisation on track to create a forum for sharing best practice and comparing accreditation systems used in different countries.

A new website, GoCambio, which allows people to trade their language skills for a free stay in another country, has already attracted 1,400 users in its first eight weeks.

Vancouver-based Canadian College of English (CCEL) has recently signed contracts with governments in the Ukraine and across Latin America to train instructors in its digital English teaching curriculum, SMRT, marking its focus to expand offshore implementation over the last year.

Are the rules of teaching English language too restrictive for a dynamic, living language? Big-thinking presenters answered such questions at English UK's recent teaching summit.

Milner International College of English in Australia has received one of the highest accolades in Australia’s English language teaching industry – twice! Brendan Brown, a young teacher with the school in Perth, won the English Australia/Cambridge University Press teacher award for 2011, the presentation being made at the recent EA Conference in Adelaide. This followed the […]