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Thursday, 6th August (Cres)
1. Cross fingers crossed for this first one, a BBC video of Gregory Burke’s play, The Black Watch, described by the BBC as a “hard-hitting play, based on interviews with former soldiers, that combines words, music and song to deliver … Continue reading
Tuesday, 4th August (Cres)
1. Field Station describes itself as an action lab investigating the future of work, the reach of technology, and the shape of society. Based in North East England, working globally. We study digital sovereignty and build civic tech, in the … Continue reading
Thursday, 30th July (Cres)
The wifi’s much better if you sit at the front of the library, it seems! 1. Pride of place today to English Teacher – a memoir by John Drew, described by John as a compilation of portraits and anecdotes shading … Continue reading
Wednesday, 29th July (Cres)
Time moves a little more slowly here on the island, as does the wifi, which is why this message is a little late! 1. A piece from Ol’ Grumpy, a.k.a. Richard Watson Todd, with which to resume normal service, Brave … Continue reading
Tuesday, 30th June (Cambridge)
This will be the last ‘Free Resources’ message until Tuesday 28th July, by which time (Cross fingers crossed) we will have installed a new boiler in Boba’s Zagreb flat, not (Cross fingers still crossed) had to fish Mateo out of … Continue reading
Friday, 26th June (Cambridge)
One day late, occasioned by a late train home from London yesterday evening! 1. Frank Cottrell-Boyce is the current Waterstones Children’s Laureate here in the UK. He gave the annual ‘Laureate Lecture’, The Kids Are Not Alright, earlier this week. … Continue reading
Thursday, 18th June (Cambridge)
1. it’s probably fair to say that the world of assessment and testing is in ferment at present. Just in case your experience of taking exams is as out-of-date as mine is, here’s advice from Duolingo (ear scanning included!), How … Continue reading
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Tuesday, 16th June (Cambridge)
1. Global Englishes: Research agendas and tasks in English as a lingua franca by Will Baker, Fan Fang & Telma Gimenez has just been made available open access by Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-teaching/article/global-englishes-research-agendas-and-tasks-in-english-as-a-lingua-franca/9D8CABD3D9DEFBC5B45AB7D66237052A PDF below. Global Englishes, and within that … Continue reading
Thursday, 11th June (Cambridge)
1. Pride of place today to the ‘personal passion project’ that Chris Sowton has been developing over the last few months, Teach Any Class https://teachanyclass.org/ It’s a wonderfully rich resource, covering Professional Development, Classroom Activities, Skills Development, Important Concepts, Great … Continue reading
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