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The Times/Sunday Times’ Good University Guide 2018 has ranked Lingusitics (8th) as one of the 22 subjects at the University of Warwick in the UK’s top 10 for their field, The news follows the Good University Guide naming Warwick 9th in the UK, with the joint 4th highest paid graduates in the UK and the favourite choice of recruiters for companies listed in this year’s list of The Times’ Top 100 Graduate Employers, and the Times Higher Education placing Warwick in the world’s top 100.

A special 20th anniversary issue of ELTED Journal is now available online. Focussing on Innovative Writing in English Language Teacher Education and Development, the issue features a variety of contributions.

This issue of our student e-zine comprises six interesting and engaging articles with a rich diversity of topics covered by the authors.

In the first article "Attitude as a Learner Variable in Learning English in Sri Lanka," Jayantha Ratnayake discusses how language learners' differences in attitudes can change the ways and means of learning a language. She shares her experience of language teaching in Sri Lankan context to clarify how language learner's attitude is directly related to their level of motivation. #

The second article is "English as an Additional Language in the UK,"about the UK’s approach to teaching English as an Additional Language (EAL) in state schools, written by James O’Flynn.

The third article is "Languages in Korea: Status, Roles and Attitudes," in which Katie Webb explores the status of English and other languages in South Korea, based on literature and on her experience as a teacher there. #

In our fourth article, "Why and How should Teachers be Encouraged to Take Control of their Own Professional Development?" Betelhem Taye provides input related to teachers’ Continuous Professional Development (CPD), discussing about why and how should teachers take control of their own CPD.

In the fifth article "Developing Mentee’s Identity as a Teacher," Komila Tangirova reflects the role of a teacher as a mentor.

And the final article in this issue is a personal reflection by Betânia Mota Pereira, entitled "Being a Teacher: Challenges and Rewards". She shares some challenges she experienced as an English language teacher, and how she managed to overcome them, reassuring that despite the difficulties, being a teacher is rewarding.

Visit the website (https://thewarwickeltezine.wordpress.com/) to get access to the articles and discover more!

Our flexible taught Masters programmes attract both pre-experience and experienced professionals in many different spheres of activities. These include teachers, lecturers and Ministry of Education staff from around the world as well as international participants who want to better understand how communication takes place in different professional and cultural contexts such as multinational corporations, NGOs or the diplomatic service. Meanwhile our PhDs and academics are active in presenting and publishing research, especially in the Centre’s specialist areas of Language Learning, Teaching and Assessment; Professional and Academic Discourse; and Working and Communicating across Cultures.

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