Copernicus: 73 Questions In 8 Minutes
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 […]