Relating to the world of English language teaching. Musings, sites and whatever else may seem to be of interest.

Bla Bla & Company - La Compañía de los Idiomas has a reasonable site. Rumour has it that they have recently won a suit against Wall Street, although I have no details on the basis for the action.
posted by Michael CV Johnson at 2:55 PM

The Wall Street site has come along a lot in the last few years, and is quite informative, although the navigation is not always obvious. Wall Street Institute School of English
posted by Michael CV Johnson at 2:54 PM

Sylvan is the link to the parent company of Wall Street Institute. I always find it difficult to find them because the .com address was snapped up by somebody else first. I bet they're annoyed.
posted by Michael CV Johnson at 2:49 PM

And this is the onlione offering from Pearson Education. Pure vapourware at present, but no doubt the competitors are all quaking in their shoes! Welcome to EnglishSuccess
posted by Michael CV Johnson at 12:42 PM

OK, these are the people behind the Peak English and Executive sites. Distance Learning, Inc — Connecting Minds™ It is interesting that they are looking for partners.
posted by Michael CV Johnson at 12:30 PM

This is another online interactive school. Nick Cliffe introduced me to it. PEAK English™ —The Online Interactive English School These things are becoming a dime a dozen!
posted by Michael CV Johnson at 12:20 PM

This is quite an amusing site. It contains various things related to language. The translation bits didn't work for me, but patience might be rewarded. See if your text gets 'Lost in Translation'.

The 'doctor' bits were described by John Higgins as being 'artificial unintelligence' and I think the description is apt. Still, they can be amusing for about five minutes.
posted by Michael CV Johnson at 6:36 PM

Article in the FT which makes some useful points and has some interesting stats. FT.com | TotalSearch | Global Archive | Article It's main point seems to be that native speakers of Englihs are well advised to learn a foreign language, since it takes for granted that non-native speakers will have English as a second or third language.
posted by Michael CV Johnson at 12:05 PM

This is a blog which over time will look at ELT matters.
posted by Michael CV Johnson at 7:38 PM