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1. Want to make ChatGPT work better for you? Talk to it like a person, like you would a co-worker or team member argues this piece by David Gewirtz for ZDNet, How to write better ChatGPT prompts for the best … Continue reading →

1. First up today, here’s a cornucopia of recordings from the TeachingEnglish celebration of World Teacher’s Day last week, with speakers from all around the world https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/world-teachers-day-2023 Scroll down to the bottom of the individual pages for each day for … Continue reading →

1. This month’s free IATEFL webinar is this Saturday, 7th October at 15:00 UK time: Diversity and inclusion in EMI Contexts: Practical ideas for teachers, presented by Amira Salama from Nile University in Giza* https://www.iatefl.org/events/492 Amira’s blurb says, “Rather than … Continue reading →

1. Here’s a useful tip from Russell Stannard, Twee: A.I. Powered Tools For English Teachers https://twee.com/ plus introductory video here https://youtu.be/5IOb5Xxk2Hk?feature=shared 2. Jessica Mackay has done a great job again this month, bringing together a very wide range of (mainly) … Continue reading →

Bit of a Guardian day, today … 1. Guardian 1: ‘English has always evolved by mistake’ says lexicographical superstar Susie Dent https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/sep/23/susie-dent-english-has-always-evolved-by-mistake 2. The current One Stop English free offer includes an attractive set of materials and accompanying audio for … Continue reading →

1. The National Centre for Social Research (NCSR) here in the UK https://natcen.ac.uk/ has now been tracking our social and political attitudes for forty years. In their latest annual report they say that “one clear theme emerges. On many social … Continue reading →

1. I met Graham Tennant, the co-founder of My CPD Group, (online) on Tuesday. The platform that he and his colleagues run is primarily for consultants and companies offering CPD courses but also has a fair bit of free stuff … Continue reading →

1. Cristina Cabal works at a language school in Avilés in northern Spain, and – a bit late in the day – I’ve just discovered her very rich blog for language teachers. Here’s her latest post, on bingo https://www.cristinacabal.com/ Lots … Continue reading →

This post has been unavoidably (and most enjoyably!) delayed by the arrival in the post of the latest Mick Herron book, ‘The Secret Hours’. 1. From Spiegel International, a piece about the Kakhovka Reservoir in Ukraine that was blown up … Continue reading →

Back into the groove …. 1. I’m about to enrol – if my nerve holds – on this Harvard course, which is free if you ‘audit’ it: Harvard CS50: Introduction to Computer Science https://www.edx.org/plp/introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x Old dogs …. 2. Ample notice … Continue reading →