Language Issues Blog
Exploring ideas, sharing perspectives, and giving ESOL professionals a platform to develop their voice and inspire debate.
About our blog
The Language Issues blog is intended as a potential mouthpiece for contributors to the print journal, and to support new writers for the journal in developing their voice and their views before committing to something more formal.
As such, the articles here may express opinions which are not necessarily the views of NATECLA or of the Editorial Team at Language Issues, and is therefore a separate entity to both. Opinions remain those of the named authors, and are intended to stimulate and provoke discussion in the sector, and not to offend.
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Blog articles
Reflections on "The Play's The Thing" Nick Bilbrough's Keynote @ NATECLA National Conference
I admit it, my tank of motivation and ideas was running on empty, my engine was spluttering towards the summer holidays. I thought I needed a break, I was wrong. What I needed was Nick Bilbrough’s Key Note speech about the ‘Hands Up’ project, that he founded.
NATECLA National Conference Teachmeet
Or "shamelessly sharing other people's ideas". The theme of this year's teachmeet at the NATECLA National Conference is around differentiation, and no names, just in case, but credit where it's due none if these are my ideas!