Tag Archives: teachingenglish

Tuesday, 2nd December (Richmond)

Posted on December 2, 2025 by roycross

1. Two pieces from BOLD to start with today: There’s no single right way to parent by a team from the School of Psychology at Sheffield University https://boldscience.org/theres-no-single-right-way-to-parent/ The pressure on parents to get parenting ‘right’ is immense. Many people … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 13th November (Cambridge)

Posted on November 13, 2025 by roycross

Blog version: https://roycross.blog/ 1. Here’s the second pair of Cambridge Elements that I promised on Tuesday:  Harriet Jacobs by Alan M. S. J. Coffee https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/harriet-jacobs/36A28B248321946C492A2BBF3EC86268 (PDF below.) Long celebrated for her heroic feat of endurance in escaping slavery and subsequent … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 6th November (Cambridge)

Posted on November 6, 2025 by roycross

1. On Thursday next week, 13th November, at 15:00 UK time there’s an ECML webinar for teachers and teacher trainers at primary and secondary level on “Mediation in teaching, learning and assessment” which will present the achievements of the ECML … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 10th July (Cambridge)

Posted on July 10, 2025 by roycross

An unavoidably vain attempt today to keep up with developments in AI and thinking about AI. 1. The New York Times recently ran an opinion piece by David Brooks, Are We Really Willing to Become Dumber?, about an MIT (Massachusetts … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 19th June (Cambridge)

Posted on June 19, 2025 by roycross

1. Here’s a piece by Johanna Alonso from Inside Higher Ed (IHE), The Handwriting Revolution https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/curriculum/2025/06/17/amid-ai-plagiarism-more-professors-turn-handwritten-work Five semesters after ChatGPT changed education forever, some professors are taking their classes back to the pre-internet era. A free account with IHE allows … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 22nd May (Richmond)

Posted on May 22, 2025 by roycross

1. Short notice of tomorrow’s (23rd May) TeachingEnglish series of three mini-webinars from 12:00 to 15:30 UK time on AI for inclusion https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-and-events/webinars/webinars-teachers/ai-inclusion-webinars Presenters from Vietnam, Greece, Spain, India and Myanmar! Details of the TeachingEnglish programme up till the end … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 27th March (Cambridge)

Posted on March 27, 2025 by roycross

1. TeachingEnglish has just had a two-month focus on Planning lessons and courses. I’ve picked out three items from the riches available: A. The recordings of the three sessions in the online Creating lessons that work mini-event last week: “three … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 4th March (Richmond)

Posted on March 4, 2025 by roycross

1. NATESOL’s 41st Annual Conference, Learners and Learning, is on Saturday 17th May and is a hybrid event, online via Zoom or on-site at Manchester Metropolitan University. All speakers get to attend free and the deadline for the submission of … Continue reading →

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