I instinctively like the idea of shorter papers! Not least because really busy people, such as teachers, can still benefit.

I'm looking forward to speaking (online) at the 4th annual ELT symposium next Thursday! sct.edu.om/home/index.php…

The best line in a book I’ve read recently — There is not even a Scrabble word for how bad I feel. 💔

I had the great pleasure to be Alessandra's PhD supervisor and now we have a publication based on one part of that research. (Hopefully more papers to come!) readingmatrix.com/files/27-ajppt…

So much research shows that phonics must be part of reading instruction that it amazes me it is still a debate. nytimes.com/2022/05/22/us/… But I enjoyed the article and grateful for the link to Emily Hanford 's article apmreports.org/episode/2019/0…

Food for classroom thought: “’Speaking’ is so much part of daily life that we take it for granted. However, learning speaking, whether in a first or other language, involves developing subtle and detailed knowledge about why, how and when to communicate”Burns and Seidlhofer, 2020

A quote from 50 years ago and still well worth remembering: "The fact is that while without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed." (Wilkins, 1972:111)

"[Expert teachers] are able to relate their lessons to the entire curriculum and to other curricula and to establish coherence between lessons. Novice teachers, by contrast, see individual lessons as discrete units rather than as units in an organized curriculum." Amy Tsui (2009)

"...extensive reading plays a key role in moving learners beyond the basic levels of proficiency required for basic communication so that they are well positioned to achieve personal and professional goals." Horst, 2009

I'm looking forward to being part of this event at the weekend eltsummit.com

I think this is so true: "The moral dimension of teaching has rarely been talked about, and most of the time teachers are not consciously aware of it; yet there is a great need to uncover and examine the values that inform teaching..." Johnston, 2003

This is tomorrow! Everyone welcome. Details below. #tisthedamnseason

The call for papers for BAAL2023 is now open. We look forward to seeing you all in York. baalconference2023.com/call-for-papers BAAL: British Association for Applied Linguistics #BAAL2023York Deadline is 17th March 2023.

It was such a pleasure to work on this project - I was very privileged

Great to see this come out! Thanks so much ⁦Dr Peter Watkins⁩ for the opportunity to contribute 😀

Published yesterday! I feel very lucky to have worked with @thornburyscott again and Sandy Millin (she/her) 🇪🇺 for the first time. And of course thank you to everyone at Teaching English with Cambridge, and Jo Timerick and others!

Here's a blog post on using the learners' own language in the classroom cambridge.org/elt/blog/2023/…

A paper on extensive reading in Saudi Arabia Faiza H. and Dr Peter Watkins

My Spanish isn't great, so apologies if I'm wrong, but the keys to successful reading are having parents that read, not too much screen time and starting early. Probably predictable but of course kids themselves don't choose those things elmundo.es/espana/2023/08…

Is it possible to 'personally thank' everyone in an all staff email?