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1. While I was exploring the LSE website the other day, I came across the very clear, three-minute-long video on (the right-hand side of) this page explaining How the US Government Works: https://www.lse.ac.uk/lse-player and I’d been hoping to find a twin … Continue reading →

1. TERN https://www.wearetern.org/ and Techfugees https://techfugees.com/ are organising an event on 25th and 26th March on Tech & Digital by and with Refugees. More info and registration here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tech-digital-with-and-by-refugees-an-event-by-tern-techfugees-tickets-142240991635 and you should feel free to pop in and out over … Continue reading →

1. ‘Being English Teachers in Gaza’: next Wednesday, 24th March, at 12:00 UK time, four teachers from Palestine – Diana Abu Zayed, Tasnim AlAsttal, Somia Rajab and Laila Saleh – will be reflecting on and discussing their professional identity as … Continue reading →

1. The next in NILE’s Insights series is on Critical Perspectives in ELT, at 16:00 UK time on Tuesday, 23rd March, and investigates how and why might language teachers incorporate social justice education into their language teaching practice? More info … Continue reading →

Here’s another of the ECML’s project micro-sites, this one on teacher competences for languages in education: https://www.ecml.at/ECML-Programme/Programme2016-2019/TowardsaCommonEuropeanFrameworkofReferenceforLanguageTeachers/tabid/1850/Default.aspx Lots of material, including a short introductory video. I’ve attached the project flyer below. 2. Three good recent posts on the Oxford English … Continue reading →

1. ‘Making our classrooms more inclusive’ is the title of the programme that my colleagues in what the British Council calls ‘Wider Europe’ (it’s a long story) are offering from 11:00 UK time on Thursday, 18th March. More information and … Continue reading →

Posting early today, as I have an afternoon off, whoopee! 1. If you’re working in primary school or working with primary school teachers, I think you’ll find it both useful and enjoyable to attend this webinar on using picture books … Continue reading →

1. My intention today is to not mention a single webinar: let’s see! (And let’s see also whether some of my more particular colleagues object to the formulation ‘to not mention’.) Are you suffering from Zoom fatigue? What’s your personal … Continue reading →

1. First up tonight, a (very!) short notice invitation from the University of Oslo to attend their (slightly delayed) celebration of International Mother Language Day tomorrow, Friday 12th March. The event starts at 08:30 UK time. More info and Zoom … Continue reading →

1. A little flurry of webinars to start with. First, this coming Friday, 12th March, the next webinar offered by the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre (LLRC) is by Gee Macrory on New Orthographies in the Primary Languages Classroom and the … Continue reading →