ben knight

interesting ideas for ELT research in this LinkedIn conversation... linkedin.com/posts/benknigh…

hope you saw the shout out to corpus research in the Guardian recently - re Dr Love and swearing.... @lovermob #corpus

great discussion at Future of Schools event shape-education.org/future-of-scho… what will education look like in 2040? #FutureofSchools

Has been great to be involved with this research partnership at KAU - really interesting research projects #research

Cambridge ELT is sharing some of the research that informs its approach to learning during this free 3-day online event - programme plus library of short intros to research projects. Indulge yourself with some opportunities for deep thinking... cambridge.org/OnDemand

@NiallRCurry @ucrelcrs a missed opportunity @NiallRCurry to use a reader engagement questions in the title - 'do questions engage readers? does this depend on the language you're using?'

@sanchiadanielle recommend this: penguin.co.uk/books/317240/e…

one reason i’m so fucked off about the colonised curriculum in english high schools is that for so many years i really thought i didn’t like history or geography ... and then i wrote a paper on the impact of colonial historíes on linguistic geography??? 15 y/o me would be floored

@Chimphands I think that's the fee for the whole event (2 plenaries plus 3 workshops, plus access to the sponsors - mainly publishers) - it's phrased a bit oddly on the site, but it's just saying you need to choose a 'track' or level for your workshops. £12 per CPD session!

@benknight62 It’s 80 Swiss Francs per session (around £62).

Interested in #learnerautonomy ? Swiss Exams are running their Spring Seminar next week on this topic ow.ly/jv3750DsgBf I'm really excited/overwhelmed to give a plenary on this at the start of the event. Sign up if you can...

@TEFLclass Hey, Anne, that looks so interesting! Not sure I can join you this time, but hope to hear more....

Really looking forward to giving this plenary at #TESOLSPAINonline2021 Hope you can join me! Sorry I can’t actually be in Spain to give the talk.

@sandskeith thanks, Keith (and others) - apologies for my ignorance - the owner will be pleased to find it is Russian

Any #Greek speakers able to tell me what is written on the cross in this photo?

This session is full of amazing creative ideas! 🤩 You don’t want to miss ⁦@MrsParkShine⁩’s tips on how to create authentic student interactions. #DitchSummit #sketchnote #sketchnoting

Reflecting on the UK Language Curriculum: In Conversation with Dr Karen Forbes varsity.co.uk/interviews/203… Yaaaaaaaay @yanyi_lee @karen_forbes 🎉🎉

@tovelarsson1 @duygucandarli Thanks for sharing- interesting journal

Important check on assumptions around translanguaging

@michaelburri Clear and accessible summaries of research projects- maybe an index would be helpful?

Check out all the interesting research in the #UOW School of Education Research Report 2020: bit.ly/3gKC68F

great to see English benefit by adding this multi-use word to its dictionary #EnglishLanguage sbs.com.au/topics/voices/…

does anyone else get the deal with academic.edu ? How come a pdf of a book can be posted there clearly without the author's consent or knowledge? Here's an example academia.edu/37654296/PRINC… Do authors not mind? Or is it unstoppable?

@robshpprd @sanchiadanielle Yes I like Expert Speaker (ES)

what i need from all of my elt colleagues is: 1. recognition that the “native speaker” is an inherently racist + classist construct 2. acknowledgment that an expert language user ≠ an expert language teacher 3. engagement w/ the extensive research already done in this area