Hub digest – 1st April, 2024

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Another fabulous month in the Hub, with some great content from our members. I really enjoyed the live sessions in March, chatting to Martin Hajek about his new book, More than a gap year adventure, and Volkan Iner of Teacher Talks. Our Wednesday Questions were:

There was also some great content from Hubsters. There was the next issue of the University Grapevine from Robert and the EduVerse newsletter from Quoc, along with a call for contributions. Kirsten asked about Business English materials and Nicola asked about fees for senior positions in the UK.

Robert shared tips on making videos as part of Jo Gakonga’s VOiCE course and a video on digital literacy competence. There was a special offer for Hubsters for Lara’s circular economy course. Although this course has now started, do get in touch with Lara if you’re interested in any upcoming courses. Rachael ran another Festival of Freelancing – follow her to find out when the next one is for great tips on making your business work for you.

More than a gap year adventure – with Martin Hajek

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Martin joins us to chat about his fantastic book, More than a Gap Year Adventure, which you can pick up from the links on his blog. It’s a great resource for folks starting out in ELT and should be on all pre-service reading lists, with experts from around the world in various areas of ELT sharing their expertise and experience in a series of short essays.

Hub digest – 29th February, 2024

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Happy leap year, Hubsters! Two months in to 2024 and there’s lots of great content to share from the group.
We’ve had three more engaging webinars on a variety of topics, plus Wednesday Questions to get us thinking about ELT:

There were some interesting questions from Hubsters as well. Practice English with News asked about Business English textbooks, Simon asked about online resources for adults to prepare for Cambridge exams and he also shared an Edutopia article on getting feedback from staff.  Jane was looking for advice on how her learners could send voice messages and there are lots of recommendations for different sites and apps on the thread. Kristen was looking for resources (or volunteers!) for peer observations and Robert shared videos on eModeration, mnemonics and AI for language learning. Ben and Shaun both had surveys about the challenges of listening for learners. Bhavna was back with another wonderful video, this time on a book by Katherine Reilly (check out Katherine’s Hub sessions on getting learners writing and adapting your materials). 

Here are some other events which Hubsters shared details of: