Keith Copley

The July/August 2024 issue of Modern English Teacher carried a number of articles around the themes of diversity, equity and inclusion. Much of this was uncontroversial. It should go without saying that teachers and institutions should do everything they can to ensure that their classrooms are welcoming places where students are treated respectfully. What requires some critical rejoinder, however, is that which was left unsaid, the questions that were not asked, and the problems with issues of ELT and inclusion that were not posed. What follows is an attempt to address precisely that. Valender Unlu (2024:9), in her summation of...

Keith Copley considers the effect on the ELT profession of recent policy changes in China and wonders whether it is time to think more deeply about the kind of education we provide.

Keith Copley explores the possible connections between music and language and the ways in which learning to  play a musical instrument may be similar to learning a second language.

Keith Copley reports on his survey of the experiences of teachers around the world during the Covid-19 lockdown, and the impact on their working conditions and wellbeing.

Keith Copley considers whether there is a relationship between teacher qualifications and the unfavourable working conditions and poor practices that prevail in the ‘industry’.