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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 →

1. I’ve sometimes wondered whether I have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), given my eagerness to line up all the jars in the fridge with the labels to the front, but I’ve never felt it necessary to get myself assessed. Here’s the … Continue reading →

Bit of a focus on spoken language this week. 1. Practical Advice on Teaching English Pronunciation for a Global World: Teaching Towards International Intelligibility is the title of a webinar by Robin Walker for Oxford University Press at either 09:30 … Continue reading →