1. Something a bit more challenging than usual from Julie Rattray, On the affective threshold of power and privilege https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-023-01093-x PDF below.
A threshold concept= a core idea that’s conceptually challenging for students, who struggle to grasp it—but once grasped, it radically transforms the students’ perception of the subject.
Epistemic justice = universal participation in terms of equality of all inquirers in access to information and knowledge.
2. An interesting NESTA event at 17:30 UK time this Thursday, 9th May: UK 2040: David Miliband in conversation with Ravi Gurumurthy https://www.nesta.org.uk/event/uk-2040-rt-hon-david-miliband-in-conversation-with-ravi-gurumurthy/
David Miliband, had the political cookie crumbled differently, might have been about to become the new UK Prime Minister; as it is, he’s the president of the International Rescue Committee https://www.rescue.org/
3. Here’s one free CPD opportunity, with the Language Assessment Professionalisation Programme (LAPP) https://lapp.education/en
Are you a language teacher or trainee teacher? Would you like to develop your skills in assessing your students’ language proficiency? If so, this initial training course, developed by Eaquals and ALTE in partnership with mint-digital, will help you.
4. And another, a NILE free Teaching English with Authentic Video course https://learning.nile-elt.com/d2l/le/lessons/6733/units/184886 You’ll need to sign up to the free NILE member’s area.
A new free 10-hour self-access course which will help you to make effective use of the Ready-to-Run video collection and other authentic videos you use in your teaching. You will be able to generate a NILE certificate on completion of the course. Additionally, completing this course will give you access to an additional selection of teaching video materials from the Ready to Run video collection of authentic video, including video content for young learners and the newest of the secondary and adult collection.
5. And, finally, how about some ‘simple’ rice? https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/japanese-rice
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If the NILE link above doesn’t work for you, try this one instead: https://www.nile-elt.com/catalog?pagename=NILE-Membership You’ll need to register if you haven’t already done so.