Teacher English Language Arts & Reading (ELAR) Elementary

Scooty for the beti and EV for the biwi

Esha named her scooty Riri, after herself. It cost Rs420,000 and she hasn’t spent a rupee more since on transport. Every time the scooty hums to life—when the 22-year-old leaves for classes at the College of Electrical…

ENGLISH DIGEST 實用美語(空中美語)

Teachers warn draft secondary subject curriculums are too crowded

Consultation closed this week on draft curriculums for Years 11 to 13 in 26 subjects including English, maths and science.

Next generation of climate orators head to Songdo for Green Project 2026

Amid deepening global concerns over climate change, up to 200 Korean students will gather in Songdo next month to pitch concrete environmental solutions — entirely in English. The Korea regional round of the Green…

BUDGET 2026-27: Record Rs3.6tr overspending belies govt’s austerity claims

ISLAMABAD: Despite the government’s claims of austerity and tight fiscal discipline, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has actually asked the parliament to give post-facto approval for a record Rs3.684 trillion…

Cambridge English fined $1.17M over computer-based IELTS scoring errors

Cambridge English, a co-owner of the IELTS exam, has been fined £875,000 (US$1.17 million) after automated scoring errors generated incorrect results for nearly 62,800 candidates worldwide.

Reports of Kuching–Bangkok slots premature, AirBorneo says focus remains on intra‑Borneo recovery

KUCHING, June 15 — AirBorneo has clarified that it has not submitted an application for a direct Kuching-Bangkok service and that no such route has been formally confirmed at this stage. The clarification comes…

Five Japanese men in Penang scam probe unable to enter plea as language hurdle delays court proceedings

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — Proceedings against five Japanese men linked to an international scam syndicate were delayed at the Magistrates’ Court in Bukit Mertajam today after language barriers prevented charges from being…

BOOKMAN BILINGUAL 雙語書林： Chinglish or Natural English? 中式英語或道地英語？

Indie music festival answers Busan's calling

Five music venues across Busan will unite this weekend, hosting over 30 live music acts for the first ever Busan Calling Music Festival on Friday and Saturday. Although in its first year, this festival is actually a…

UK intercepts Russian shadow fleet vessel in Channel: defence ministry

British forces on Sunday intercepted a sanctioned oil tanker belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet in the English Channel, the defence ministry said, in a six-hour operation hailed by Kyiv. Navy commandos boarded the ship…

Taiwan launches website for Chinese nationals to report intelligence

Taiwan’s government launched a website on Sunday to encourage Chinese nationals to report intelligence tips, saying it was offering a secure channel to what it says is an increasing number of people who are fed up with…

Gần 100.000 học sinh tham gia cuộc thi Ocean English Achievers 2026

Không chỉ là sân chơi học thuật, cuộc thi tiếng Anh “Ocean English Achievers 2026” đã tạo cơ hội để học sinh Việt khẳng định năng lực tiếng Anh thông qua những trải nghiệm đánh giá theo tiêu chuẩn quốc tế, sẵn sàng hội…

Mexican man apologizes for racist gesture toward Korean YouTuber at World Cup

A Mexican football fan who made a racist gesture toward a Korean YouTuber during the Korea-Czech Republic match at the 2026 FIFA World Cup apologized amid widespread controversy. Korean YouTuber Ino Cat, who has 6.6…

Mexican guild chief apologizes for racist 'slant-eye' gesture at World Cup

Ulises Fernando Bernal Miramontes, the president of a Mexican engineering guild, issued a public apology over the weekend for his controversial slant-eye gesture during a World Cup match days earlier. “Over the past few…

What they carry: The unseen burdens of migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong

By Sringatin & MICROLAB MICROLAB Collective’s latest book , What We Carry, Under the Same Sky , features essays, poems, photographs and drawings by Indonesian migrant workers, reflecting on their life journeys from…

ANALYTICAL ENGLISH 解析英語(常春藤)

Hong Kong minister defends hospital decision to send girl home after mother’s death

Hong Kong’s welfare minister has defended what he called the “professional judgement” of medical and social workers following the death of a girl shortly after her mother’s. Bouquets were laid at Taikoo Shing on June…

Korean-Vietnamese crackdown shuts down webtoon piracy network

A massive overseas digital piracy network that illegally distributed Korean webtoons, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, has been dismantled through a joint investigation by Korean and Vietnamese…

Vietnamese couple arrested over illegal global distribution of Korean webtoons

Authorities have arrested a Vietnamese couple over allegations that they illegally translated and distributed Korean digital comics, known as webtoons, worldwide, South Korea's culture ministry announced Friday. Working…