Author Archives: roycross

1. Today is/was United Nations Human Rights Day, something I could usefully have reminded you of earlier in the week, to give you time to prepare a lesson. Here’s a useful page on What are human rights? https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Pages/WhatareHumanRights.aspx and here’s … Continue reading →

No ‘multilingual’ today as my multilingual larder is bare … 1. This webinar on Friday 17th December, Exploring teacher agency and identity through the Tree of Life approach, from the perspective of ten early career English teachers from Armenia, Brazil, … Continue reading →

1. Two videos from different parts of the Cambridge University Press and Assessment website: one with lots of bad jokes https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9-5oT15dxc81MI-pUui3Ww and another with the recordings of this year’s Cambridge Academic English Conference https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-oYKB0D9-E1h_pS8HguC3aVLWyzYHahn 2. Out this week, the second … Continue reading →

1. Here’s a conundrum from The Conversation, If we all choose the fastest mode of travel in a city, the whole city gets slower – and more congested https://theconversation.com/if-we-all-choose-the-fastest-mode-of-travel-in-a-city-the-whole-city-gets-slower-and-more-congested-170740 The authors ask, “What if Google Maps told you not only … Continue reading →

1. Now, here’s a title! Assessment Through the Lens of the Action-oriented Approach of the CEFR: Answering the Wh- Questions is the title of Randi Harlev’s ‘practical and theoretical’ workshop – you’ll have to do some discussion work, I think … Continue reading →

1. Two apps to explore over the weekend with the help of the team at Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: Kahoot https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2021/11/kahoot-guide-to-creating-engaging-and.html and Padlet https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2021/11/what-is-padlet-teachers-step-by-step.html I’ve seen (and heard about) both being used very effectively, but my own understanding remains … Continue reading →

1. The next event in Universitas Negeri Jakarta’s monthly Zoominar series is at 09:00 UK time next Thursday,  9th December: Tony Capstick from Reading University on Using case studies to understand language and migration. In Tony’s words, “In this talk, … Continue reading →

1. Straight question: Should education leaders be listening to children? That’s the title of this OECD blog post https://oecdedutoday.com/should-education-leaders-be-listening-to-children/ that reports that children are overwhelmingly positive about their early learning experience. So what goes wrong later, then? 2. Here’s the … Continue reading →

1. So this is what it’s like to be on the front line of climate change, is it? https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/26/blowing-the-house-down-life-on-the-frontline-of-extreme-weather-in-the-gambia 2. Our new headquarters building in Stratford, to which I’ll be making what is still at present a rare visit tomorrow, … Continue reading →

1. “Rather than closing the dialogue between teachers and researchers (…) we hope to widen the door and increase the amount of dialogue” is the avowed ambition of TESOLgraphics: TESOL research at your fingertips, launched earlier today https://tesolgraphics.weebly.com/ I’ve not … Continue reading →