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      Dickens event live on TeachingEnglish

      Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. You've probably noticed that we've been celebrating this landmark with a series of materials (and now a blog too) on TeachingEnglish.

      On Thursday 9 February, you will also be able to watch our special British Council event, Bent and broken into a better shape: the magical storytelling of Charles Dickens, with Jeremy Harmer and Steve Bingham. They will bring Dickens' writing to life through readings and music, in a show designed especially (but not exclusively) for teachers and students of international English.

      You can follow the event live at www.teachingenglish.org.uk/dickens from 1845 UK time on Thursday.

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      Featured blog from January

      This month, our featured blogger is Sandy Millin.

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      Dickens!

      Next week we will be celebrating the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens! In preparation for this we have been creating teaching materials based on Dickens texts.

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      IATEFL ESP SIG Pre-Conference Event

      19 March 2012: Glasgow 10 am – 5.30 pm 

      Cutting-edge developments in teacher education, materials design, and assessment and testing in ESP and EAP

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      ESP SIG and TESOL ESP IS online discussion

      TESOL ESP IS and IATEFL ESP SIG would like to invite ELT professionals from around the work to embark on a first joint online discussion titled English for Specific Purposes (ESP) around the world

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      € 55 million to make the Internet a safer place for children

      The new Safer Internet Programme covering the period 2009-2013 had been proposed by the European Commission on 28 February 2008 to protect children in the ever more sophisticated online world and empower them to safely use web services like social networking, blogging and instant messaging. Read more
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      Professional development materials

      The aim of these materials is to support a core group of practitioners (or an individual practitioner) to stimulate discussions with their colleagues around the issues involved in curriculum change. Read more
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      UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge

      The UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge is an initiative focusing on research in and on Higher Education and Knowledge, with the objective to widen our understanding of systems, structures, policies, trends and developments in higher education, research and knowledge with a special focus on low and middle income countries. Read more
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      Multidisciplinary Methods in Educational Technology Research and Development

      Over the past thirty years, there has been much dialogue, and debate, about the conduct of educational technology research and development. In this brief volume, Justus Randolph helps clarify that dialogue by theoretically and empirically charting the research methods used in the field and provides much practical information on how to conduct educational technology research. (Free book)... Read more

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      Three Steps to Eliminating Teacher Technophobia

      Why don't more teachers use technology in the classroom? Why do some jump in with both feet and look for any opportunity to involve students with digital media while others are still literally cutting and pasting quizzes together?... Read more