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4 août 2015

Four million students now enrolled at English medium schools

By Natalie Marsh. The number of students studying at English-medium international schools globally reached a record-level four million students last month, according to the International School Consultancy. More...

4 août 2015

UK school rolls out ESL for foreign doctors

By Natalie Marsh. A new language training course is being launched to prepare overseas doctors to communicate effectively in English in a hospital environment. More...

4 août 2015

Canada: language students stable after 2013 drop

By Beckie Smith. Student numbers in Canada’s language teaching sector have begun to stabalise after falling almost 10% in 2013, representative body Languages Canada’s 2014 annual report has revealed. More...

4 août 2015

ALTO proposes industry standard for language travel bookings

By Beckie Smith. The Association of Language Travel Organisations, a globally representative body of language schools and agents, has proposed introducing an industry-wide standard for how language courses are presented to cut down the time and human resources it takes agents to interpret schools’ offerings and make bookings. More...

3 août 2015

Teaching in English: A Contentious Debate

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/blog_landing/public/the_world_view_blog_header.jpg?itok=P3OlGEpQBy Hans de Wit. One of the more controversial issues in internationalization is the dominance of English as language of instruction and the dissemination of scholarship.
Recently, two countries seem to be at the forefront of the debate. In Europe, The Netherlands has been implementing courses and degree programs in English since the mid-1990s. In Asia, South Korea leads other countries in developing English taught courses, a trend provoking considerable debate; In the Netherlands attitudes are shifting from rather positive to more critical assessments, resulting in a national discussion led by key scholars to abandon the unconditional use of English in the classroom. Read more...

3 août 2015

What’s in a Name?

By Sue Cunningham. As I conclude my fourth month as president of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, I find that I have made an important discovery: the words my colleagues around the world use to describe our shared work are not global. More...

3 août 2015

U of New Hampshire 'Bias-Free Language Guide'

HomeConservative websites on Wednesday spent time mocking a "bias-free language guide" at the University of New Hampshire, which isn't new, but that somehow captured attention this week. Read more...

3 août 2015

Medical Treatment and English

HomeBy Sean P. Murphy. I used to spend my days reviewing essays, referring students to the writing center, offering advice to students about their academic paths, writing lesson plans and assessing the effectiveness of these lesson plans after their implementation in the classroom. I was an English professor. Read more...

3 août 2015

Ready, Set, Speak

HomeBy Aisha Langford. Public speaking is a critical, but often underdeveloped, skill among higher education professionals. Your ability to convey ideas with confidence and clarity is essential for articulating the importance of your research, getting buy-in for your projects and obtaining funding from sponsors. Read more...

1 août 2015

Shakespeare in the Courtroom

http://chronicle.com/img/photos/biz/linguafranca-45.pngBy . Julius Caesar and Otello (the version of Othello by Giuseppe Verdi and his librettist Arrigo Boito): These are the texts that framed the final remarks of federal Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. in the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted last month of the Boston Marathon killings. More...

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