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Strategies for Teaching English to Migrants

A report from Demos advocates for a national strategy to improve English teaching for migrants in the UK, highlighting the need for adequate funding without cutting translation services. Additionally, various articles discuss the importance of adapting English education to modern contexts, including the inclusion of diverse cultural materials and the impact of digital communication. The overall emphasis is on the necessity of evolving English teaching methods to meet current societal needs.

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Strategies for Teaching English to Migrants

A report from Demos advocates for a national strategy to improve English teaching for migrants in the UK, highlighting the need for adequate funding without cutting translation services. Additionally, various articles discuss the importance of adapting English education to modern contexts, including the inclusion of diverse cultural materials and the impact of digital communication. The overall emphasis is on the necessity of evolving English teaching methods to meet current societal needs.

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Don’t cut translations to fund English lessons for migrants

Mike Baynham, University of Leeds

A new report from the think-tank Demos is calling for a new national strategy for
the way we teach English to migrants in the UK. Its researchers point to 850,000
people in the most recent census who said…

Published: July 1, 2022


When we talk about the teacher shortage, don’t forget those who teach English as an
additional language
Roderick Neilsen, Deakin University and Michiko Weinmann, Deakin University

There are more than 600,000 students in government and Catholic schools learning
English as an additional language.

Published: June 22, 2015


How should kids learn English: through Old MacDonald’s farm or Ali Baba’s farm?
Joan Kang Shin, George Mason University

English songs from the US and the UK are typically taught to kids around the world.
With English now a language of many cultures, why not incorporate songs from the
world?

Published: April 30, 2014


Lessons taught in English are reshaping the global classroom
Julie Dearden, University of Oxford

Universities and schools across the globe are offering an increasing number of
courses taught in English. Parents and politicians alike are pushing for this
change as English is considered a worldwide…

Published: May 24, 2022


Writing for our (digital) lives: war, social media and the urgent need to update
how we teach English
Lucinda McKnight, Deakin University

The Ukraine war shows how important agile and critical social media use can be.
It’s a reminder that our English curriculum in schools is out of touch with our
world of digital communication.

Published: March 4, 2016


Why teachers in France should stop giving pupils outdated English names
Dominique Macaire, Université de Lorraine

Will Hélène really learn English better if you call her Helen?

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