Mathematics: it’s the language that counts
By Tony Grice Can you speak mathematics? Some linguists claim that mathematics has the design features of a language. Equations are the equivalent of…
Read MoreBy Tony Grice Can you speak mathematics? Some linguists claim that mathematics has the design features of a language. Equations are the equivalent of…
Read MoreEnduring Lessons from a Welcome Center by Walter Fernando Balser, Ed.D. In the summer of 1999, I emerged from graduate school as a young…
Read MoreBy Mark Lawrence Context The university where I work, Sheffield University, has a huge number of international students and we offer a lot of…
Read MoreBy Fred Gamble According to Pellino (2012, para. 1), “Students with English as a second language (ESL) constitute a significant percentage of the population…
Read Moreby Alex Moore A Quiz Can you match these eight sentences to their writers’ L1s? They were all written by either an Arabic, Chinese,…
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Read MoreBy Terry McLean As an English as an Additional Language (EAL) teacher, I find that many students struggle with the use of sentence variety….
Read MoreBy Peter Read Teaching Modern Business English in a rapidly changing global market – the need to adopt a practical approach. Teaching Modern Business…
Read Moreby Richard S. Pinner 2016 Multilingual Matters Taking a position on the authenticity continuum Book review by Erzsébet Békés I came across the issue…
Read MoreBy Troy Nahumko Open a job search for ESL job openings around the world at any time of the year and a sunny southern…
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