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1 février 2019

ICEF Berlin spotlights new markets, mobility trends and gender equality

By Kerrie Kennedy. The most buoyant news imparted from the 2018 ICEF Agent Barometer, released last week at the busy ICEF Berlin workshop, was that across a cohort of agents sending predominantly onto English language programs, there is significant optimism that these agents will place more students in the next 12 months than the previous year. More...

1 février 2019

Half of SNU int’l students struggle with Korean

By Kerrie Kennedy. Almost half of the international students attending Seoul National University do not adequately understand lectures conducted in Korean, a survey of 432 international students conducted by the school’s diversity council has revealed. More...

1 février 2019

Spanish top of list for Rosetta Stone UK learners

By Kerrie Kennedy. Spanish topped the list of languages that British people were most eager to take on in 2018, according to a report by Rosetta Stone, with over a fifth (23.1%) of its UK learners taking on the language last year. Four other European languages – French, English, Italian and German – rounded off the top five. More...

1 février 2019

busuu app offering “real-world” English

By Kerrie Kennedy. Leading social learning app for languages busuu has released new courses featuring news and cultural content from The New York Times and The Economist. It is intended to enable learners to improve their English through videos and articles covering real-world news and cultural topics. More...

1 février 2019

WeSpeke partners with CNN for ELT app project

By Anton Crace. Language learning technology company WeSpeke has entered into a content licensing partnership with CNN to create pedagogically-structured app-based lessons based on the news company’s stories. More...

1 février 2019

English learning overhauled in Malaysia

By Anton Crace. The Ministry of Higher Education has launched a new, two-part English program in a bid to address concerns that Malaysian students lack competency in the language. More...

1 février 2019

Why language learning apps are competing with Spotify, YouTube rather than in-country learning

By Anton Crace. If apps were countries, the current champion of international education, the US, which has over one million international students across all levels of study, is recording small numbers when compared with the tens of millions of app users that top language learning apps can now claim. More...

31 janvier 2019

Tandem language app taps into FIFA World Cup

By Anton Crace. Language learning app, Tandem, has launched a Fanzone to capitalise on the FIFA World Cup underway in Russia and encourage users to connect and discuss the beautiful game. More...

30 janvier 2019

Orthographe : qui connait les rectifications de 1990 ?

The ConversationPeut-on écrire le verbe « entraîner » sans accent circonflexe ? Non, pense encore une bonne partie de nos concitoyens. Pourtant, depuis 1990, ce signe n’est plus obligatoire sur les lettres « i » et « u », sauf dans les terminaisons verbales (exemple : qu’il dût, qu’il fût) et les cas où cela induirait une confusion de sens (exemple : mûr/mur). Plus...
30 janvier 2019

¿Es el doblaje un lastre a la hora de aprender idiomas?

The ConversationEl doblaje se centra en el canal acústico y propone la sustitución de una lengua por otra. También opera en este canal la modalidad de voice-over o voz superpuesta, en la que el sonido original queda de fondo, pero con poca relevancia. More...
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