Monthly Archives: February 2021

1. More on accents, including Glaswegian, courtesy of my colleague Christine, Sadie Ryan’s wonderful podcast all about accents and perceptions of accents and language and identity, Accentricity  https://www.accentricity-podcast.com/ 2. More sounds to explore over the weekend, the latest New York … Continue reading →

1. Two ELTons opportunities to start with. One, an invitation to be a judge next time round – details here and please note that “there are no fixed qualifications needed to be a judge (…) judges typically have a wide … Continue reading →

1. Young people don’t feel they can make a difference is the sad message from this article by Andreas Schleicher of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on what schools can do to support the climate: https://oecdedutoday.com/green-at-fifteen-schools-support-climate/ However, … Continue reading →

1. On International Women’s Day on March 8th, as part of its commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), the British Council is offering a set of three free online courses for teachers on Gender in Language Education. Here’s a … Continue reading →

0. Oh dearie me! My colleague Mark has ever so gently pointed out that I got in a right muddle with my days of the week and dates for the webinars I mentioned on Friday. The Eaquals https://www.eaquals.org/eaquals-events/event/nazan-gelbal-more-interactive-and-effective-lessons-with-less-tools-apps-how-to-coach-and-mentor-effectively-in-a-crisis/ and PIE https://www.crowdcast.io/e/the-pie-webinar–futureproofed/register … Continue reading →

1. Several webinars today, in date order. First up is the next Eaquals one at 14:00 UK time next Tuesday, 23rd February, with Nazan Gelbal from Sabanci University in Istanbul and a nice, no-nonsense title, More Interactive and Effective Lessons … Continue reading →

1. Techfugees mission is “empowering displaced people with technology” https://techfugees.com/ They’ve just issued their first ever annual report, which you can read here https://techfugees.app.box.com/s/v3j96k8bhs6sm0vuhle6gtkcl4jrnaru I’ve also attached a PDF below but please be warned it’s a bit of a monster … Continue reading →

1. Tomorrow, Thursday 18th February, at 14:00 UK time: David Heathfield on Engaging, Personal and Creative Online Storytelling https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/online-storytelling-engaging-personal-creative “The webinar will focus on telling tales from the world’s oral cultures and refer to how these folk tales can inspire … Continue reading →

1. Gary Motteram from Manchester University is conducting a survey on behalf of the British Council on Social media and teacher professional development which asks how teachers and teacher educators use communication tools and social media for professional development. Gary … Continue reading →

1. The next event in Birmingham University’s MOSAIC Centre Group for Research on Multilingualism’s occasional series of webinars is at 16:00 UK time this Wednesday, 17th February: Uta Papen, Professor of Literacy Studies at Lancaster University, will be talking about … Continue reading →