Posted by Editors In The News Friday, June 8th, 2007
Heard the one about expecting a first-class public service but not wanting to pay for it? It’s not funny and this philosophy affects all of us. In a country where the government pays backhanders to a Saudi businessman so they buy our toys that kill, no money can be found to meet the reasonable pay [...]
Posted by Editors Education Reform, ESOL, In The News, Primary Education Friday, June 8th, 2007
If you want an insight into how important accent and pronunciation are to learning, check out the latest research on teaching literacy to children. Seems that we learn words based not on BBC English phonics but according to how we process words. No longer can we allow external assessment as this allows for socio-cultural inequality [...]