9/27/2010

Georgia Launches Program to Create a Nation of English Speakers - Transitions Online

Mikheil Saakashvili pledges that all Georgian pupils will speak English as their second language by 2014.

7/31/2010

School linked to TOEIC English test hid 100 million yen

The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has uncovered that International Communications School Inc. (ICS) had hid over 100 million yen (approx. $1,150,000.00) in income until the end of fiscal 2008.

7/28/2010

New Global ESL Hub - Wyoming?

Tiny Ten Sleep is home to a teaching center that is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week where American teachers provide real-time video English lessons to thousands of students in classrooms across Asia via high-speed fiber optic networks."

Wall Street Institute's Educational Advisory Board Focuses on EFL Teaching

Topics included using Web 2.0 tools in ELT, using technology-based teacher training, efficacy assessment, and approaches to English for Special Purposes.

Disney to Expand English Language Training Schools in China

vby 2015 the program is predicted to generate over $100 million in revenue while teaching English to 150,000 students.

Michigan State University Closes Most of its Dubai Campus

US State Department had awarded the campus a $40,000 grant to advance MSU's English-language teaching program.

7/26/2010

Babbel Presents New Online Language Courses

New beginner’s courses for Brazilian Portuguese and Swedish offered as well as Advanced English for learners with previous knowledge.