Copernicus: 73 Questions In 8 Minutes
DuJour magazine called her accent “beguiling”; PAPER described it as a “velvety purr”. Olisa.tv highlighted her ability to master different accents: “For her role in the new movie ‘Queen of Katwe’, […]
Copernicus Gets Diplomatic
Copernicus Gets Diplomatic When the first secretary-general of the United Nations (Trygve Lie, a Norwegian) handed over to his successor (Dag Hammarskjöld, a Swede) he said, “Welcome to the most […]
Copernicus Goes To Baghdad (Via Beirut and Baku)
Copernicus Goes To Baghdad (Via Beirut and Baku) “If Paul Klee took a line for a walk, then Zaha took the surfaces that were driven by that line out for […]
Copernicus: Language Comes Through Culture
Copernicus: Language comes through culture “The mantra of ‘consistent reward’ has often been popular amongst educators, but neuroscience suggests we may need to turn that on its head.” So says […]
Copernicus Goes To Indonesia
Copernicus goes to Indonesia This month your Copernicus columnist is in Indonesia. I’m here as part of my “Global Communication and Science” project, helping to facilitate an exciting collaboration between […]
Copernicus Goes to France
Copernicus goes to France (Actually, North London) Here’s a question for your students: what is the most widely learned foreign language in the world after English? Despite a big recent […]
Copernicus Goes Into Orbit
Copernicus Goes Into Orbit In 2014 your Copernicus columnist was the joint winner of a public competition to think of a name for a mission to the International Space Station […]
Using The Benefits Of Working Globally
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, one of the leading figures in the field of Mind, Brain, and Education, once started a talk with a picture of a jack-o’-lantern (a Halloween pumpkin with […]
Copernicus Hunts For Teachable Moments
Copernicus Hunts For Teachable Moments What is a teachable moment? In “The BSCS 5E Instructional Model: Creating Teachable Moments” (a science education book published earlier this year), Rodger Bybee describes […]
Special report on FAB8 Kyoto
FAB8 Kyoto FAB8 – the latest in a series of international neuroELT conferences dedicated to neuroscience and English Language Teaching – was held at Kyoto Sangyo University in Japan from […]