Sob stories from the campus visit are a time-honored institution in academe, with lively recaps occupying Wiki real estate for the past decade. Usually, and for good reason, the writers are anonymous, ...

A language teacher in a Japanese secondary school has introduced a novel — if horrifying — new way to teach students English: by playing P.T., also known as the Silent Hills teaser. P.T. is Hideo ...

PT, the iconic PS4 demo that revealed Silent Hills, has found itself a new use case: teaching Japanese school students the English language. Niigata Prefectural Tsunan Secondary School, located in the ...

I ’ve noticed a definite trend whenever I serve on faculty search committees lately: More and more job candidates seem to be relying heavily on PowerPoint during their teaching demonstrations. Such ...

One of the more controversial issues in internationalization is the dominance of English as language of instruction and the dissemination of scholarship. Recently, two countries seem to be at the ...

More and more of Japan’s universities are moving toward teaching their classes in English — not just for those on exchange programs, but for domestic students. The University of Tokyo’s graduate ...

This is my second post in this series. Check out the first one here. Two years ago I was a member of a hiring committee at my school. Along with two administrators, one other teacher, and a parent, I ...

Boston College’s TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certificate program is designed to prepare future English language educators with the essential skills, knowledge, and ...

Nearly 3 in 4 American classrooms now includes at least one English-language learner, and these students make up roughly 1 in 10 public school students. While their numbers continue to rise quickly, ...

The fall 2025 semester will run from August 27 to December 17. All courses will be offered online with live Zoom sessions. The New School's Certificate in Teaching English (CTE) program offers a path ...

Nick Mireles is a writer on the central coast of California. He has a knack for film, music, and Dungeons and Dragons. When he’s not writing, he tries to spend his days reading, surfing, and camping ...

Will teaching in English at France's universities undermine the French language? That's up for debate in the country now, and the argument is heated. The lower house of parliament approved a measure ...