1. Cristina Cabal works at a language school in Avilés in northern Spain, and – a bit late in the day – I’ve just discovered her very rich blog for language teachers. Here’s her latest post, on bingo https://www.cristinacabal.com/ Lots to explore in the archives.

2. Jessica Mackay’s latest post on her blog, EFL Takeaways: Shared Resources and Lesson Plans for EFL, is a really useful compilation of free online CPD this month https://efltakeaways.home.blog/2023/09/05/free-online-cpd-september-2023/ I hope she does it monthly!

3. It’s been a while since I mentioned Alexandra Mihai’s The Educationalist. Here’s her latest blog post, which has a focus on Problem-Based Learning Are your students prepared for active learning? You can help them! https://educationalist.substack.com/p/are-your-students-prepared-for-active

4. The weekly ELT Buzz News Report does a great job hoovering up stuff from all round the web https://eltbuzz.substack.com/ Here’s the latest issue, with a focus on ‘native speakerism’ https://eltbuzz.substack.com/p/the-elt-buzz-news-report-9e2

5. And, finally, here’s one I harvested from LinkedIn on a return to real books and real writing in Sweden https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/sweden-brings-more-books-and-handwriting-practice-back-to-its-tech-heavy-schools/CUBSWFL3GBHVBN4VFEEKBATT64/