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Tuesday, 4th August (Cres)
1. Field Station describes itself as an action lab investigating the future of work, the reach of technology, and the shape of society. Based in North East England, working globally. We study digital sovereignty and build civic tech, in the … Continue reading
Thursday, 30th July (Cres)
The wifi’s much better if you sit at the front of the library, it seems! 1. Pride of place today to English Teacher – a memoir by John Drew, described by John as a compilation of portraits and anecdotes shading … Continue reading
Tuesday, 30th June (Cambridge)
This will be the last ‘Free Resources’ message until Tuesday 28th July, by which time (Cross fingers crossed) we will have installed a new boiler in Boba’s Zagreb flat, not (Cross fingers still crossed) had to fish Mateo out of … Continue reading
Tuesday, 16th June (Cambridge)
1. Global Englishes: Research agendas and tasks in English as a lingua franca by Will Baker, Fan Fang & Telma Gimenez has just been made available open access by Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-teaching/article/global-englishes-research-agendas-and-tasks-in-english-as-a-lingua-franca/9D8CABD3D9DEFBC5B45AB7D66237052A PDF below. Global Englishes, and within that … Continue reading
Thursday, 28th May (Cambridge)
1. Ethan Mollick’s latest blog post, Choosing to Stay Human … …means choosing when and how to use AI, https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/choosing-to-stay-human If you go to your favorite social media site, you will find it full of posts that start to look … Continue reading
Thursday, 14th May (Cambridge)
1. Here’s a good ‘long read’ for the weekend from our correspondent in Ecuador, the first piece in a series for The New Yorker by Jay Caspian Kang, Will A.I. Make College Obsolete? https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/will-ai-make-college-obsolete A few weeks ago, while I … Continue reading
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Thursday, 7th May (Cambridge)
1. Here’s Michael Feldstein’s latest post on his eLiterate blog, Claude Interviews Me About How AI Works https://eliterate.us/claude-interviews-me-about-how-ai-works/ It’s a long read for the weekend, I suggest. Feldstein’s Claude has learnt (from Feldstein) to be very articulate. I’m returning (says … Continue reading
Thursday, 23rd April (Brighton)
1. The three plenary talks so far from the IATEFL conference here in Brighton: Patricia Angoy’s talk on Tuesday, English language – the coloniser. A black female leader’s response https://youtu.be/75qt67_iBWc Danny Norrington-Davies and Richard Chinn’s talk on Wednesday, Emergent language: … Continue reading
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Thursday, 12th March (Cambridge)
1. A thoughtful piece for Engelsberg Ideas by Rob Macaire, the only UK ambassador to be arrested in recent times that I know of, Iran and the perils of fighting the last war https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/iran-and-the-perils-of-fighting-the-last-war/ Away from the rarified atmosphere of … Continue reading
Thursday, 5th March (Cambridge)
1. Belonging Matters, two practical webinars from TeachingEnglish, starting at 09:00 UK time on Friday 13th March, with experts from Southeast Asia which focus on learner well-being and including home languages in the classroom to create a sense of belonging: … Continue reading
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