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Tuesday, 27th January (Cambridge)
1. The first of two I’ve pilfered from LinkedIn, this one from World Englishes, courtesy of Richard Smith (thank you, Richard!), WE, ELF and ELT: Perspectives on English and applied linguistics by Henry Widdowson https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/weng.70010 (PDF below as well.) Here’s … Continue reading
Thursday, 30th October (Cambridge)
1. ‘The more languages you know, the better you are’: learners’ pride in being multilingual and their motivation for language learning is a recent open-access Taylor & Francis article by Giulia Sulis & Sarah Mercer from Graz University and Astrid … Continue reading
Friday, 18th July (on the train from Norwich to Cambridge – or would have been, had Greater Anglia wifi been up to it!)
Only one post this week, a bit longer than usual, as I got in a right tiz-woz over some work I had to do for NILE with French school teachers of English yesterday and today. On reflection, the Ted Hughes … Continue reading
Thursday, 24th April (Cambridge)
1. An interesting piece from Chatham House on the relationship between China and India, which they suggest will be of ‘greater long-term significance’ than the relationship between the US and China https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/2025-04-23-how-china-india-relations-will-shape-asia-global-order-bajpaee-jie.pdf The China–US relationship is widely regarded as the … Continue reading
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Tagged Booker Prize, Chatham House, China, education, India, language, learning, Mosfilm, natesol, Tarkovsky, teaching, writing
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Tuesday, 14th January (Richmond)
1. John Kampfner’s latest post on his blog, Citizen of Everywhere, on the next – anything’s possible, he reminds us! – prime minister of Germany, Could the AfD seize power? https://johnkampfner.substack.com/p/could-the-afd-seize-power 2. A piece for World University News about determined … Continue reading
Tuesday, 17th December (Richmond)
1. The Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain appears to have had a rush of blood to the head when he was asked recently to give a talk to his local primary school about the birth of Jesus, according to this piece … Continue reading
Thursday, 19th September (Richmond)
1. First up today, four free courses from EENet, the Enabling Education Network https://www.eenet.org.uk/inclusive-early-childhood-education-training-videos/online-courses/ Two on Inclusive Beginnings and two Versatile Videos courses You need to register (for free): there’s good, clear guidance on how to do so here https://learnlink.eenet.org.uk/how-to-access-courses-on-eenets-learnlink/ … Continue reading
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Tagged duolingo, education, language, language-learning, learning
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