This is the last ‘Free Resources’ message for 2023. I’ll not be back till Tuesday 9th January, so here’s some longer reads to keep you going. Enjoy your Christmas break if you’re having one!
1. What I miss – or may simply have missed – in the 2023 edition of the British Council’s Global Perceptions report is any discussion of what young people think are the most important issues and challenges facing us today. Over 1,000 young people from each of 18 G20 countries were interviewed, with Russia not being included (but being much discussed) this time round. South Africa is the only African member of the G20. PDFs of whole report and conclusion only below.
2. Climate is certainly one thing that young people around the world give very high priority to. Thanks to Dave Reay for pointing me in the direction of this very comprehensive report on COP 28 https://www.carbonbrief.org/cop28-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-climate-talks-in-dubai/ Best dipped into rather than read straight through!
3. Two reports on AI and Education next: first, the UK Department for Education’s summary of the responses to their ‘call for evidence’ on Generative artificial intelligence in education:
https://consult.education.gov.uk/digital-strategy/generative-artificial-intelligence-in-education/
second, the British Council’s comprehensive literature-review-cum-forecast on Artificial intelligence and English language teaching: Preparing for the future
PDFs of both below.
3. The most recent issue of ELTJ (English Language Teaching Journal) has, as usual, a number of open access articles https://academic.oup.com/eltj/issue/77/4 PDFs of four that caught my fancy below:
i) CELTA tutors’ beliefs about online tutoring practices by Anna Hasper and Gary Barkhuizen https://academic.oup.com/eltj/article/77/4/479/7084637
ii) Exploratory action research: experiences of Nepalese EFL teachers by Sagun Shrestha, Suman Laudari & Laxman Gnawali https://academic.oup.com/eltj/article/77/4/407/6693606
iii) In the Key Concepts in ELT series, English-medium instruction (EMI) by Ute Smit https://academic.oup.com/eltj/article/77/4/499/7197470
iv) Academic Coloniality in ELT: the case of an Algerian University by Walid Daffri & Hadjer Taibi. https://academic.oup.com/eltj/article/77/4/470/7083635
PDFs of all four below.
5. And, finally and more recent than I’d imagined, the world’s first ‘Word-Cross Puzzle’https://lithub.com/can-you-solve-the-very-first-published-crossword-puzzle/
Roy Cross's Blog 