The USA's ESL sector faces an "existential threat" - stakeholders have spoken about the difficult choices facing them as new federal guidance mandates in-person teaching in the fall semester, with no online instruction at all allowed on ESL courses.
Disney English has announced that it will be closing its 26 centres in China, citing a “change in consumer preferences” exacerbated by the Covid-19 crisis for the decision.
Three quarters of British education companies operating in China said they saw a drop in revenue due to Covid-19, according to a survey.
ILAC is helping to transition current and future students of inlingua Vancouver / INVO College after it announced it will be closing its doors on May 29 due to the impact of COVID-19.
Employers in China are offering recruiters huge bonuses for foreign teachers, as ESL schools in Asia consider how to continue recruiting native speakers after the initial hiatus caused by coronavirus.
This summer, Chinese state media announced that of the 400,000 foreign citizens working in China as English-language teachers in 2017, an estimated two-thirds were doing so illegally. Callan Quinn reports.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training has once again expressed concerns about meeting English language proficiency goals.
Nine language schools selected from more than 400 language schools won prizes at the third ESL Language Travel Awards, held in Spain this November.
