Author Archives: roycross

1. You’re still in time to sign up for this free three-hour course on Teaching with minimal resources, which started this Monday: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/language-resilience-teaching-minimal-resources There’s a puritan streak in me that thinks that – within reason, of course – minimal is … Continue reading →

The British Council is supporting the UK’s role in the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) through a global programme centred on climate change, including a specific strand focussing on environmental sustainability in English language teaching and learning … Continue reading →

1. My colleague Colm Downes is leading on the British Council’s Language Teaching for the Planet programme in support of COP 26 later this year. I’ll forward a message from him and two surveys, one for teachers and one for … Continue reading →

1. This LanguageCert event with Russell Stannard and Nik Peachey looks promising, and there are two chances to catch it: Wednesday 3 February 2021 at 07:30 UK time and Wednesday 10 February 2021 at 15:00 UK time: https://cm.languagecert.org/en/about-us/events/2020/languagecert-teachers-seminar PDF of … Continue reading →

1. I’ve had good feedback on the OECD’s webinars. Their next one is at 10:00 UK time next Tuesday, 2nd February and seeks to offer an answer to the question, What can schools do to develop positive, high-achieving students? More … Continue reading →

1. Two bits from the Times Higher Education Supplement (which doesn’t call itself that anymore but I’m not sure we all know what the THE is): a) one on the challenges online assessment poses: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/online-exams-technology-or-authentic-assessment-theanswer “ … the surge in … Continue reading →

1. First up today, two for teacher educators (but not only for teacher educators): a) the silver jubilee issue of the English Language Teacher Education and Development (ELTED) Journal http://www.elted.net/latest-volume.html – Richard Smith’s celebratory foreword includes the contents of all … Continue reading →

1. Very short notice of no fewer than three webinars tomorrow – sorry! First, the third in the New Directions in Language Assessment series: Putting theory into practice: Language Assessment in Latin America at 15:00 UK time, Wednesday 27th January … Continue reading →

1. The next TeachingEnglish webinar, on Thursday 28th January at 12:00 UK time, is a partnership with National Geographic Learning. John Hughes’s title is Two sides of the same coin: Critical and Creative Thinking in the ELT classroom  https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/two-sides-same-coin-critical-creative-thinking-elt-classroom He’ll … Continue reading →

Friday 22nd January 1. How do small rich cold countries manage their education? Join this OECD webinar, Let schools decide: The Norwegian approach to school improvement, at 10:00 UK time on Wednesday 27th January  to find out: https://meetoecd1.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hAPnEo–Tpa0b5kWVrP7AQ And if … Continue reading →