Monthly Archives: May 2022

This will be the last post until next Monday, 6th June, largely because of item 1 below! 1. This coming weekend is Platinum Jubilee Central Weekend (not quite sure what ‘Central’ means in this context) here in the UK, in … Continue reading →

1. There’s a Council of Europe Common Framework of Reference (CEFR) webinar at 15:00 UK time on Thursday: Assessing plurilingualism: An example from practice with Belinda Steinhuber from the Centre for Professional (berufsbezogene) Languages in Austria. Registration here https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=grBJPtViSUilsIbtUZKH0rai7LbFWpVAoRIo3dq5irxUNENFQTFRVERQMU40NjlYRVRLVU5HQkxYVi4u handout … Continue reading →

Some reading for the weekend … 1. The Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) is “an open, global network of members working together within a humanitarian and development framework to ensure that all individuals have the right to a … Continue reading →

1. Here’s the latest free download in the Cambridge Elements series, Explicit and Implicit Learning in Second Language Acquisition by Bill VanPatten and Megan Smith https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/explicit-and-implicit-learning-in-second-language-acquisition/EBABCB9129343210EB91B9198F17C4EB Their very interesting conclusion is that “second language acquisition is largely if not exclusively … Continue reading →

1. Today, the plenary which opened the IATEFL conference in Belfast last week: Nayr Ibrahim on (Re)imagining and (re)inventing early English language learning and teaching. It starts 51 minutes into the video https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=281585834097705 I enjoyed it – including the red … Continue reading →

This one’s from the phone on the train home from Oxford to ‘the other place’. Let’s see if my clumsy fingers can manage! I visited Oxford University Press today with this year’s cohort of Hornby Trust scholars, and today’s message … Continue reading →

‘Normal’ service resumes … 1. Well, I managed a few WhatsApp posts from the IATEFL conference in Belfast last week but not a single blog post, for which I can only apologise. (My excuse is that I was working on … Continue reading →

I’m at IATEFL in Belfast this week, so probably won’t get chance to write my daily message. If I can do the odd quick one, I will!

1. Here’s the latest TeacherTapp blog post, which I suggest you read through a ‘comparison of education systems’ lens. Unlimited colour photocopying will be a dream for many, and the policy on permitting mobile phones in class (if students have … Continue reading →

1. VERY SHORT NOTICE of this Multilingual Matters ‘meet the authors’ event from 10:00 to 16:30 UK time tomorrow, Thursday 12th May – mea culpa! More info here https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/Events/ and registration here https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7216510639185/WN_BezPJZhHR02cZzthMg0KNQ You should feel free to pop in … Continue reading →