Monthly Archives: November 2021

1. So this is what it’s like to be on the front line of climate change, is it? https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/26/blowing-the-house-down-life-on-the-frontline-of-extreme-weather-in-the-gambia 2. Our new headquarters building in Stratford, to which I’ll be making what is still at present a rare visit tomorrow, … Continue reading →

1. “Rather than closing the dialogue between teachers and researchers (…) we hope to widen the door and increase the amount of dialogue” is the avowed ambition of TESOLgraphics: TESOL research at your fingertips, launched earlier today https://tesolgraphics.weebly.com/ I’ve not … Continue reading →

1. I’ve sometimes wondered whether I have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), given my eagerness to line up all the jars in the fridge with the labels to the front, but I’ve never felt it necessary to get myself assessed. Here’s the … Continue reading →

Bit of a focus on spoken language this week. 1. Practical Advice on Teaching English Pronunciation for a Global World: Teaching Towards International Intelligibility is the title of a webinar by Robin Walker for Oxford University Press at either 09:30 … Continue reading →

Tonight’s message is clearly fated: two events I was going to include are either cancelled or sold out! I’ve made enquiries about the sold out one. 1. All That She Carried – The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family … Continue reading →

1. Here’s a report by the Chatham House think-tank here in the UK on COP26, with a 500-word summary of key findings and a link to the full report https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/11/cop26-what-happened-what-does-mean-and-what-happens-next PDFs of both summary and full report below. 2. Here’s … Continue reading →

1. Next Monday, 29th November, sees the launch of TESOL Graphics, an ‘online repository of infographic summaries of secondary research in TESOL’. More info and registration here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tesol-resources-for-teachers-online-website-launch-tickets-166146343185 I take this to mean quick, at-a-glance, visual summaries of research: look … Continue reading →

1. I hadn’t realised that registration for this series of three workshops curated by Swansea University closes next Monday, 22nd November – sorry! Our first years in academia: Managing applied linguistics research alongside teaching and other tasks. Registration and more … Continue reading →

1. Good notice of this UCL Linguistics Circle event at 10:00 UK time on Wednesday, 1st December with Emma Dafouz from Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain: Approaching English-medium Education in Multilingual University Settings through the ROAD-MAPPING framework. Registration here … Continue reading →

1. First, a blog for Cambridge University Press and Assessment (never to be acronymised, I’m reliably informed, as it sounds like a lollipop) by Chris Sowton celebrating Paulo Freire https://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2021/11/09/what-freire-can-teach-about-teaching/ Blog home page here https://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/category/blog-type/ 2. … and second, a … Continue reading →