According to the British Council, approximately 1.7 billion people were learning and using English worldwide in 2015. English language instruction for non-native speakers is a $63 billion a year industry. (For comparison, consider the U.S. education industry’s revenue is worth a mere $1.3 billion.) Roughly 100,000 new English teaching positions […]
Yearly Archives: 2018
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Orginal article: https://www.languagemagazine.com/2018/03/23/2019-year-of-spanish-language/ Last month, Spain’s culture minister Íñigo Méndez de Vigo told Congress that, as part of the Marca España (Spain Brand) initiative, “The year 2019 will be declared the Year of the Spanish Language.” The Marca España website (http://marcaespana.es) says that the language is “a global agent that […]
Test your English listening skills: 5 listening comprehension questions on today’s news stories News in English 11-2-18
6 ways that Artificial Intelligence will change education For more information: http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/11/ask-about-ai-the-future-of-learning-and-work/
How does Flipgrid work? Create a Grid for your class. 2. Add a Topic to spark the discussion.3. Students can respond with short videos on any browser, Chromebook, tablet, or mobile device. All students can view the videos and engage. You can moderate videos, […]
HOW IS IELTS SCORED? IELTS results are reported on a nine-band scale. IELTS provides a score in the form of a profile for each of the four skills (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking), as well as the score for overall language ability. All scores are recorded on the Test Report […]