Monthly Archives: March 2024

Blog version: https://roycross.blog/ The next ‘Free Resources’ message will be on Tuesday 3rd April: I’m away for a week exploring family history in Banja Luka! 1. Stephen Downes asked ChatGPT to write an article with the following title, Eight Reasons … Continue reading →

1. If you’re a teacher educator (or aspire to be one), you’ll find this TeachingEnglish event at 12:00 UK time tomorrow, Wednesday 20th March, interesting, I think: the Teacher educator webinar series review 2023-2024 will reflect on the main insights … Continue reading →

1. Two from Aeon to start with today: a) Cathedrals of convention by Reuben Cohn-Gordon: “Humans have a strong impulse to see things that are arbitrary or conventional as natural and essential – especially language” https://aeon.co/essays/are-the-exact-words-of-a-language-arbitrary-or-necessary I don’t think I’ll … Continue reading →

1. Two upcoming LSE events, both f2f if you’re in London and online if you’re not: a) Wednesday 20 March 2024 at 19:00 UK time, Judith Butler discussing her new book, Who’s afraid of gender?, with Sumi Madhok. More info … Continue reading →

Blog version: https://roycross.blog/ 1. There’s a TeachingEnglish Facebook Live event, Empowering Women in ELT, with Grazzia Maria Mendoza Chirinos & Leticia Araceli Salas Serrano tomorrow, Friday 8th March, International Women’s Day, at 15:00 UK time https://www.facebook.com/events/761275018755247 And below is another … Continue reading →

1. If you missed the Macmillan Global Teachers’ Festival the other day, they’ve been quick to put recordings of all the sessions up on their YouTube channel. Well worth a browse! https://www.youtube.com/@Macmillanenglish/videos 2. (This is a long one.) The 2003 … Continue reading →