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Tuesday, 7th January (Richmond)
1. From NESTA, the UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, Future Signals – what we (NESTA) are watching for in 2025 https://www.nesta.org.uk/feature/future-signals-2025/ Their list includes, among others The Minister’s menu: could the government subsidise healthy food through … Continue reading
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Three more NYT gift articles, to use up my monthly allowance before I lose it: close readings by A. O. Scott of three poems a) Diane Seuss https://tinyurl.com/deawzhue b) Philip Larkin https://tinyurl.com/4f8zdx9c and c) Frank O’Hara https://tinyurl.com/33whwknn Plus, a number … Continue reading
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Thursday, 19th December (Cambridge)
1. The inaugural issue of the ELT Classroom Research Journal has just been published https://eltcrj.com/v1i1/ The ELT Classroom Research Journal is for teachers to share their insights with peers across the globe in a manner that is practical and approachable … Continue reading
Tuesday, 17th December (Richmond)
1. The Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain appears to have had a rush of blood to the head when he was asked recently to give a talk to his local primary school about the birth of Jesus, according to this piece … Continue reading
Thursday, 12th December (Hull)
Larkin included today, as I’m visiting friends who live near Hull on the way home to Cambridge. 1. Two tools for teaching and modelling vocabulary in the early years from Lauren Grocott of EEF (the Education Endowment Foundation) https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/early-years/two-tools-for-teaching-and-modelling-vocabulary-in-the-early-years Lots … Continue reading
Tuesday, 10th December (Richmond)
1. First up today, The Association for Quality Education & Training Online (Aqueduto) is offering a webinar this Thursday, 12th December, at 14:00 UK time, Practical strategies for designing and delivering courses using messaging apps with Anne Lennon & Philippa … Continue reading
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Thursday, 5th December (Cambridge)
1. There’s a TeachingEnglish webinar next Tuesday, 10th December, at 12.00 UK time withFiona Copland & Sue Garton on English as a school subject: learning effective practices from primary-sector English language teachers in the global south https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-and-events/webinars/webinars-teacher-educator/english-school-subject-learning-effective Here’s their blurb: … Continue reading
Tuesday, 3rd December (Richmond)
1. The October 2024 issue of ELTJ, vol. 78 Issue 4, was a special issue devoted to Generative Artificial Intelligence and ELT https://academic.oup.com/eltj/issue Lots of free access articles, including the editors’ introduction, Generative artificial intelligence and ELT, by Alessia Cogo, … Continue reading
Thursday, 28th November (Cambridge)
1. First up today, a gleaning from last week’s TLS (Times Literary Supplement), from the Munich research group, CESifo, A Matter of Taste: The Negative Welfare Effect of Expert Judgments by Nicolas Lagios & Pierre-Guillaume Méon https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4991796# From the glitz … Continue reading
Tuesday, 26th November (Richmond)
1. Some good clear analysis here from Carbon Brief of the final outcomes of COP 29 in Baku https://www.carbonbrief.org/cop29-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-climate-talks-in-baku/ Tidily sorted into sections, which might lend itself to a whole class activity with pairs of students each responsible for summarising/reporting … Continue reading
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