Author Archives: roycross

1. Some listening first: Jeanne Perret for the Pearson English Podcast on Storytelling – for all ages. https://www.english.com/blog/storytelling-pearson-english-podcast/ Other episodes here https://www.pearson.com/english/resources/pearson-english-podcast.html 2. The next Leiden University Centre for Linguistics lecture in their series on Language Policy and Practices in … Continue reading →

1. This collection of papers from Bloomsbury Academic publishers, The Sociopolitics of English Language Testing, edited by Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini and Peter I. De Costa, is definitely not to be read through in one sitting by most of us, but maybe … Continue reading →

1. The next UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics Research Seminar is “Understanding the nature and acquisition of vocabulary knowledge in second languages” with Beatriz Gonzalez-Fernandez from the University of Sheffield at 12:00 UK time next Wednesday, 3rd November. More info … Continue reading →

1. The Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Europe, Asia, Pacific (EAP) Hub https://www.norrag.org/kix-eap/  invite us to the final day of their 1st KIX Education, Policy and Innovation Conference tomorrow, Thursday 28th October, from 09:00 UK time. Tomorrow is devoted to … Continue reading →

Pre-COP week in Glasgow 1. This is without doubt where we should start today, the official COP 26 home page https://ukcop26.org/ Full of good stuff, for example this good clear explanation of the COP 26 goals https://ukcop26.org/cop26-goals/ Get your students … Continue reading →

Only a quick double tonight: battling my first migraine for years! 1. Just enough notice, I hope, of Chris Farrell’s webinar at 14:00 UK time tomorrow, Tuesday 26th October, for Eaquals: The Classroom in 2021: Challenges and Opportunities. More info … Continue reading →

1. No fewer than five MOOCs to review over the weekend, three for teachers https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/language-assessment https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/teaching-english-great-lesson https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/english-in-early-childhood and two for learners https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/workplace-english https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/explore-english-language-culture 2. Here’s the latest ELT position paper from Oxford University Press – possibly ever so slightly more … Continue reading →

A quartet of webinars plus a survey today …. 1. Researching multilingualism multilingually: insights, reflections and future directions is the title of the next talk in the University of Reading Applied Linguistics Research Circle’s series of weekly talks, by Tracey … Continue reading →

1. Several new posts since I last paid a visit to Alexandra Mihai’s blog, The Educationalist https://educationalist.substack.com/ – on student motivation, refreshing your teaching, exploring co-teaching and on teaching and learning support, all with Alexandra’s characteristically high-quality reading lists. Try … Continue reading →

1. NESTA is the UK’s innovation agency for social good https://www.nesta.org.uk/ and climate and the environment is – unsurprisingly enough – one of the main strands of their activity. Next Tuesday, 26th October, at 13:00 UK time sees the start … Continue reading →