The Problem with Cambridge English Exams
General-View (eflmagazine.com) indicate a candidate’s competency in the contexts in which they need to use the language. Nevertheless, general proficiency is reflected more or less accurately by different types of […]
Mistakes Are Opportunities to Learn
Mistakes Are Opportunities to Learn When we’re learning a foreign language, we are bound to make mistakes. As a teacher, I encourage my learners to take risks and praise them […]
Cambridge University Press: Dedicated Teacher Awards
Cambridge University Press is asking people around the world to submit their stories about inspirational teachers, as the publisher reopens its Dedicated Teacher Awards for 2020. Open for nominations between 1 October […]
English for Specific Purposes in Vocational Schools
By Maja-Barbara Kokot The subtitle I borrowed from Hutchinson and Waters represents the gist of teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and its guiding principle. ESP is not a recent […]
The Only Way for Language Acquisition to Take Root
David D. Perrodin The wonderful Dr. Willy A. Renandya from the National Institute of Education, Singapore made a monumental statement during his keynote presentation at the International Research Seminar 2019 […]
Cambridge University Press Launches New YouTube Channel for Learners of English
Cambridge University Press has announced the launch of a new YouTube channel, aimed at supporting English language learners by teaching them how to use English in the real world. The […]
Marjorie Rosenberg’s Journey in EFL
by Marjorie Rosenberg When I first came to Graz to take part in a programme for opera singers in summer 1975, little did I imagine that all these years later […]
The Importance of Motivation in Language Learning
A Personal Reflection as an Indonesian Teacher of English as a Foreign Language by Waliyadin Nuridin It is undeniable that motivation plays a key role in second or foreign language […]
Break Free From the Pitfalls of Acquiring English
by David Perrodin The symbolism used by the Greek philosopher Plato to describe our illusions of the world in “The Allegory of the Cave” focus on the fact that the […]
Cambridge University Press Announces ‘World’s Most Dedicated Teacher’
Pakistani teacher wins new Dedicated Teacher Award Cambridge University Press has named a teacher from Pakistan the winner of the first Dedicated Teacher Awards – a new prize recognising inspirational teachers around the globe. After a public vote, Ahmed Saya, from Cordoba […]