1. Emily Bryson is one of those really clever people that records and summarises meetings in pictures. Here’s some examples of her work https://www.emilybrysonelt.com/sketchnoting/ Scroll down the page a bit and click on any of the images. There’s some good freebies on her website here https://www.emilybrysonelt.com/freebies/ PDF of just one, A quick intro to Graphic Facilitation for English Language Teaching Professionals, below; if you download more, Emily would like you to join her mailing list in order to do so!
2. There’s an IATEFL webinar at 15:00 UK time this Saturday, 5th August on a ‘collaborative professional development activity’, Reflective Practice Groups: a visionary journey of professional development with Burak Aydin https://www.iatefl.org/events/368 Free to non-members.
3. Primarily but maybe not exclusively for readers in South-East Asia, the ASEAN Youth Development Index for 2022, just published https://asean.org/book/asean-youth-development-index-2022/ Have a browse! PDFs of full report and recommendations only below and here (for the full thing) https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/22313_ASEAN_Report_v08_RC_spreads-HQ.pdf
4. How good is your ‘vocabulary of pleasure’? Words Without Borders promise a lively conversation on the topic between Parul Sehgal & Adam Dalva tomorrow, Wednesday 2nd August, at 19:00 UK time. More info and registration here; it’s free https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-vocabulary-of-pleasure-virtual-conversation-w-parul-sehgal-adam-dalva-tickets-680422370627
5. And, finally, from one of the ECML ‘Things about Language’ series I mentioned the other day: ‘In Greenlandic, a single word can have a fairly complex meaning: e.g. “nalaasaarusuummerujussuaraluarpunga”, can be translated as “suddenly, I really wanted to just lie down and rest, but…”’
Love that ECML ‘fairly complex’!
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