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Billy Brick is Languages Centre Manager and principal lecturer in the School of Humanities at Coventry University. He teaches Multimedia in Language Teaching and Learning to undergraduate students and Computer Assisted Language Learning at Masters level and has been involved with numerous JISC/HEA projects including the Coventry On-line Writing Lab (COWL) and the Humbox, an OER project for the humanities. His research interests include Digital Literacies; Social Networking Sites and Language Learning; and Mobile Assisted Language Learning. He is currently developing a beginners’ Italian language learning app, ImparApp, together with colleagues in the university’s Disruptive Media Learning Lab

‘Hidden language’: Hongkongers get creative against security law | Hong Kong | The Guardian

Hongkongers are finding creative ways to voice dissent after Beijing blanketed the city in a new security law and police began arresting people displaying now forbidden political slogans.

Source: ‘Hidden language’: Hongkongers get creative against security law | Hong Kong | The Guardian

How to Learn a Rare Language like Hiligaynon (with Minimum Frustration)

What’s the best way to learn a rare language?

The truth is, rare languages aren’t the easiest to learn. As soon as I started learning a rare language, Hiligaynon, I was confronted with questions I’d never even thought of before:

  • How do you translate a word when your language isn’t supported by Google Translate?
  • How do you learn on the move with no Duolingo?
  • How do you get listening practice with no podcasts?

Edtech and climate change denial | Adaptive Learning in ELT

Edtech and climate change denial Posted: October 11, 2019 in ed tech, investment, politics

Over the last week, the Guardian has been running a series of articles on the global corporations that contribute most to climate change and the way that these vested interests lobby against changes to the law which might protect the planet. Beginning in the 1990s, an alliance of fossil fuel and automobile corporations, along with conservative think

Source: Edtech and climate change denial | Adaptive Learning in ELT

So many Englishes webinar: Q&A | MaWSIG

So many Englishes webinar: Q&Aby Web Editor on 1 October 2019 in ELT publishing, Materials writingSo many Englishes webinar: Q&AIn this blog post, Karen Spiller follows up on some of the questions that were left unanswered in the Q&A section at the end of the recent joint TESOL Association MWIS and MaWSIG webinar: So many Englishes! What does this mean for writers and publishers? The webinar was co-presented by Karen Spiller and Sherrise Roehr on 17 July 2019. You can find a recording of the webinar on

Source: So many Englishes webinar: Q&A | MaWSIG

Korean language speakers should take pride in Konglish – it’s another wonderful example of linguistic diversity

Korean language speakers should take pride in Konglish – it’s another wonderful example of linguistic diversity

June 14, 2019 12.15pm BST

Source: Korean language speakers should take pride in Konglish – it’s another wonderful example of linguistic diversity

Brexit: how the end of Britain’s empire led to rising inequality that helped Leave to victory

Brexit: how the end of Britain’s empire led to rising inequality that helped Leave to victoryMay 22, 2019 9.59pm

Sally Tomlinson is a member of the Labour Party.Danny Dorling does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any

Source: Brexit: how the end of Britain’s empire led to rising inequality that helped Leave to victory