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1. Just in time, I hope: English Australia have a webinar at 09:00 UK time tomorrow, Tuesday 27th April, at which Judit Kormos from Lancaster University will be talking about Inclusive practices for learning differences https://www.englishaustralia.com.au/events/event/inclusive-practices-for-learning-differences She’ll be discussing practical … Continue reading →

1. Next Wednesday, 28th April, sees the launch of the first of three modules in the Climate Action in Language Education professional development series for teachers: Introducing climate change issues into language teaching classes https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/climate-action-language-education-module-1-introducing-climate-change-issues-language A number of you, I … Continue reading →

1. Next Tuesday, 27th April at 15:00 UK time sees the next ECML webinar, on “The future of language education – learning lessons from the pandemic” https://www.ecml.at/Resources/Webinars/tabid/5456/Default.aspx The webinar will present the preliminary findings of the ECML’s survey of how … Continue reading →

1. Let’s start off today with a quick reminder of English UK’s Teachers Day from 09:00 UK time tomorrow, 22nd April https://www.englishuk.com/elt-conference#teachersday Here’s a link to Silvana Richardson and Chia Suan Chong’s talk at 12:00 UK time on The native … Continue reading →

1. Another excellent blog post from Alexandra Mihai, Thinking about authentic learning? Try Project-Based Learning https://educationalist.substack.com/p/thinking-about-authentic-learning Good reading list at the end, as ever! 2. The kind of feature, from The Guardian’s Experience series, that I’d have given my eye … Continue reading →

1. Never mind Brexit! Never mind Covid! What’s the biggest story in all the UK papers today and the first item on all the TV and radio news bulletins? Football! Specifically, the plans by twelve of the richest clubs to … Continue reading →

1. This month’s edition of Humanising Language Teaching (HLT) from Pilgrims – no country focus this time round that I can detect but the usual rich and varied mixture of topics nonetheless! https://www.hltmag.co.uk/apr21/ 2. Two considered pieces from The Conversation … Continue reading →

Lots of webinars today! 1.  On Monday, 19th April, at 14:00 UK time, Assessing teenagers online from OUP with Sarah Rogerson and Paul Davies https://www.facebook.com/oupeltglobal/ PDF of the ‘focus paper’ on the topic below. (Free to download, along with lots … Continue reading →

1. Chris Sowton is giving a webinar for TeachingEnglish at 12:00 UK time tomorrow, 15th April, on Teaching in Challenging Circumstances https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/10-key-strategies-teaching-challenging-circumstances which is also the title of the book that Chris published recently with Cambridge University Press. Here’s more … Continue reading →

1. Three free Modern English Teacher articles here https://www.modernenglishteacher.com/ Scroll down the page a little: Dave Dodgson on Teacher Professional Development – keeping your own motivation going, Fiona Dunlop on Raising your profile and Jeffrey Dawala Wilang on A positive … Continue reading →