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Copernicus: 73 Questions In 8 Minutes

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

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: Language Comes Through Culture

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 […]