A Teacher’s Starter Library
In this day and age, we take the endless sea of useful (and sometimes less than useful) information available on the internet for granted….
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Extralocal! Extralocal! Read All About It!
No, you did not misread the title. I can hear you now. You are asking yourself, “Should the phrase not be ‘Extra! Extra! Read…
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Social Reform, ‘Woke’ and ELT
‘Woke’ activists have been telling us to ‘wake up’ for the past two years: Wake up to issues of discrimination concerning gender, sexual orientation…
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The Future of English Language Teaching is Liberal Arts
Our disrupted world is poised for more disruption. New technologies have already upended many industries and professions. English language teaching and education more generally…
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Incorporating Accessibility into Remote Assessments for the Classroom and Beyond
By Marc Vanhasselt, Vice President Accessibility, Prometric Remote assessments in the testing industry have evolved significantly within the past year. The pandemic accelerated the…
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A Short Guide to Acronyms in ELT
Acronyms in ELT : What they mean and where and how they are used. Like any profession or field, the teaching of English has evolved…
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Book Review: A Descriptive Grammar of English
The question of whether to teach grammar prescriptively or descriptively has been much debated in the ELT community. On the one hand, teaching a…
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Cambridge University Press: Dedicated Teacher Award
Cambridge University Press, the publishing division of the University of Cambridge, has awarded its 2021 Dedicated Teacher Award to Annamma Lucy, a social studies…
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ColloCaid: Helping with Academic English Collocations
Teachers, editors, proof-readers, or indeed anyone who regularly reviews texts can confirm that many writers struggle when choosing word combinations which sound natural. In…
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Jenny Dooley on Running a 500-Person ELT Publishing Company
Today’s guest is Jenny Dooley. Jenny chats about her company, Express Publishing, and where and how she’s found success in entrepreneurship, management, and leadership….
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