Author Archives: roycross

1. Next Monday, 8th November at 16:30 UK time sees the Cambridge Annual Distinguished Lecture on Second Language Learning and Teaching by Alastair Henry from University West in Trollhättan (wonderful placename!), Sweden: Motivational Persistence in Multiple Language Learning: Identities, Vision, … Continue reading →

1. This is one that should really have gone out yesterday. Teaching for Climate Action: Schools Shaping the Future is a COP26 event co-organised by the OECD, Education International, and UNESCO at 13:00 UK time this Thursday, 5th November https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/25446:register-today-teaching-for-climate-action-schools-shaping-the-future … Continue reading →

A BBC day today! 1. What is climate change? A really simple guide https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24021772 2. The reality of climate change in the Mekong Delta https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45738136 and the reality of climate change in the Marshall Islands https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59140269 3. A piece from … Continue reading →

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 →