Author Archives: roycross

1. I’d have loved one of these when I was teaching, the Pearson Text Analyser (PTA) https://www.english.com/blog/gse-text-analyzer/ Here’s a blog post about it https://www.english.com/gse/teacher-toolkit/user/textanalyzer I tried the PTA out on the first six paragraphs of this article from today’s Guardian, … Continue reading →

1. Parents with a migration background: What does it take to raise bilingual children? is the title of the next lecture in the University of Leiden’s Language policy and practices in the Global North and South: Challenges, opportunities and future … Continue reading →

1. A nice idea from Cambridge University Press that I’ve somehow missed hitherto, their annual Dedicated Teacher Award https://dedicatedteacher.cambridge.org/ Here’s an e-book with the global shortlist of sixty teachers (from nearly 13,000 entries) https://www.calameo.com/cupeducation/read/006433997c5be0a2d94a7 and here’s the even shorter shortlist … Continue reading →

1. Another good thing with a long name: Intercultural Citizenship Education through Picturebooks in Primary ELT – ICEPELL for short! Their next symposium is on 7th and 8th June, starting at 09:00 UK time each day. Programme here (NB! Norwegian … Continue reading →

1. It’s that time of year again! Nominations for the ELTons Outstanding Achievement Award are now open until Sunday 27 June. The Outstanding Achievement Award recognises and celebrates people who have made a lasting, extraordinary impact on teaching and learning, … Continue reading →

1. First up today, a joint announcement from NILE and Ready to Run: the two organisations are now working together, and Ready to Run’s videos are now available from this page on the NILE website https://www.nile-elt.com/products/Ready_to_Run You’ll need to become … Continue reading →

A bumper crop today as I’m on holiday next week back home in Swaledale! I’ll be back on Tuesday 1st June. 1. Early notice of this year’s British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Language in Africa SIG conference, African languages … Continue reading →

1. Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) and marks the tenth year of a campaign to raise awareness of the need to ensure digital content is accessible to disabled people and those with additional access needs https://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/ My colleague … Continue reading →

1. This one, recommended by my colleague Adam, won’t be around for ever, he says: the Association for Learning Technology‘s 12th annual conference for Open Education research, practice and policy https://oer21.oerconf.org/ Adam recommends you click on whatever takes your fancy … Continue reading →

1. Very early notice of this OUP series on Top Tips for Motivation and Engagement on June 8th, 9th and 10th, as they book up very early: https://elt.oup.com/events/global/top-tips-for-motivation-and-engagement?cc=gb&selLanguage=en 2. A series of four short videos on Who Needs Dictionaries?, each … Continue reading →