by Amanda Davies | Sep 13, 2017 | All posts
Parents / caregivers increasingly seek to start their children on the road to learning English at a younger and younger age, and to meet the demand, providers are responding by offering Early Years courses for ever younger children. There is no doubt that children...
by Jennifer Dobson | Jul 1, 2017 | All posts, Primary
‘Safety first’ should be a familiar mantra for all who work with primary learners. Making the most of educational technology and online tools in the primary ELT classroom brings considerable responsibility as regards the welfare of the learners. During English...
by Virginia Parker | Jun 1, 2017 | All posts, CPD, Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary
Plagiarism is, unfortunately, a part of just about every secondary English language course, no matter in which country you work, and no matter if your context is a language school, an international school, or the mainstream sector. Plagiarism is not confined to one...
by Shay Coyne | May 1, 2017 | All posts, CPD, Lower Secondary, Primary, Upper Secondary
The theme of the 2017 YLTSIG Pre-Conference Event (PCE) was Values Education, an area increasingly in the spotlight as we become more globally interconnected. The YLTSIG PCE did more than just showcase Values Education however, it raised delegates’ awareness of what...
by Chris Storrs-Fox | Mar 3, 2017 | All posts
“Speak English? Good. Got a clean(ish) shirt? Good. You’re hired!” So goes many people’s perception of job interviews for YL English teachers in Southeast Asia, where L1 English speakers can apparently walk into teaching roles straight off the street, leaving their...