Author Archives: roycross

I never really know whether to mention events good and early (and run the risk of people forgetting all about them before they happen) or closer to the time, by which time diaries may already be full. Anyway, here goes … Continue reading →

1. More or less this time next week, at 19:00 UK time on Thursday, 24th February, the National Centre for Writing here in the UK are hosting ‘Meet the World: Translation as Witness’. More info and registration here  https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/whats-on/meet-the-world-translation-as-witness/ NB: … Continue reading →

1. The Wonder Foundation’s mission is to empower women and girls to get the education they need to exit poverty for good https://wonderfoundation.org.uk/ They’ve recently produced a report on women’s exclusion from online learning and the gender digital divide more … Continue reading →

1. Another piece from the Danish Development Research Network (DDRN): “Sami-youth in Finland: ‘Our culture is threatened by climate change – and we are not even part of the conversation about it’”, in which a young member of the Sami … Continue reading →

1. The University of Bristol is offering a number of PhD scholarships in fields including Education https://www.bristol.ac.uk/fssl/courses/postgraduate/scholarships/ Closing date 28th March – nothing ventured, nothing gained? 2. Here’s a speaking lesson plan from onestopenglish on Film and TV: Romance movies … Continue reading →

Another late return to Cambridge from Yorkshire today … 1. The impact of informal second language learning, motivation and formal instruction on EFL learners’ spoken use of discourse markers is the title of Christina Lyrigkou’s talk next Wednesday, 16th February … Continue reading →

1. Perhaps more for information than for action for most of us, the European Commission’s Safeguarding endangered languages in Europe initiative: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/horizon-cl2-2022-heritage-01-01 Click on the ‘show more’ buttons. 2. Why do we always have to tell people where we come … Continue reading →

1. A possibly over-optimistically entitled event from the Abidjan Principles team at 14:00 UK time next Monday, 14th February: “Towards the end of profit and commercial practice in education?” https://www.abidjanprinciples.org/ Scroll halfway down the page for more info on a … Continue reading →

1. Ladies and gentlemen, a big hand please for the ten winning schools in the Climate Action school video competition! https://www.britishcouncil.org/climate-connection/get-involved/action-language-education/school-video-competition/winners Scroll down the page for links to all the prizewinning videos: start with Our Climate Hero from Ethiopia https://youtu.be/JHAy8ckDITg … Continue reading →

Early notice of Oxford University Press’s ELTOC 2022 on 4th and 5th March, so you can register in good time https://elt.oup.com/events/global/eltoc-march-2022?cc=us&selLanguage=en I’m guessing ELTOC means ELT Online Conference? Three strands to the conference: Climate Action, Digital Learning, and Classroom Management. … Continue reading →