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Teacher and Materials Writer

• Going freelance

  By Pete on September 28, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  I’ve stepped out of the classroom for a year to do more writing. While this is only a temporary thing for me, it’s still pretty daunting – ditching the steady income and taking a leap of faith! Aaargh! I’m only… Read More ›

• Review: Avallain Author Training Programme and Certification

  By Pete on September 26, 2022 • ( 2 )

  

  Avallain Author is software for authoring eLearning activities and courses. Apparently, lots of ELT publishers use Avallain to create digital resources. I recently completed a training course on using this software… Why did I do the training programme? Just upskilling…. Read More ›

• Review: 50 Ways to be a Greener Teacher

  By Pete on September 12, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  This resource is an ideas bank for ‘greening your teaching’. It includes ideas to help you bring the topic of climate change and sustainability into ELT classes, and for localizing such issues. It also includes activities for greening institutions, not… Read More ›

• Review: 101 EFL Activities for Teaching University Students

  By Pete on September 9, 2022 • ( 2 )

  

  This resource book for university EFL teachers is written by Hall Houston, an experienced teacher and author. You’ve no doubt seen/read his contributions to ELT magazines over the years, or come across him on social media – a friendly and… Read More ›

• From EFL to EAL: Subject teachers and staging tasks

  By Pete on September 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  There’s plenty of content from my initial TEFL training (2006 – wow) that is still relevant to my everyday practice as an EAL teacher. Here’s one example. If you have undertaken initial teacher training in EFL (such as a CELTA… Read More ›

• Planning an EAL INSET

  By Pete on September 7, 2022 • ( 5 )

  

  Last term, I was asked to plan some in-service training for teachers on strategies to support our Secondary EAL learners. This was highlighted as an area for development across the secondary school, based on observations, self-reflections, informal chats, and so… Read More ›

• Showcase: Video Creation for Educators – Jo Gakonga

  By Pete on August 24, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s Jo Gakonga everybody! *crowd go wild* An ELT ‘legend’ – CELTA Trainer, video creator, someone whose tips and advice I found super helpful early in my teaching career (and still do now!). In this showcase post, Jo talks about… Read More ›

• Where do my materials writing opportunities come from?

  By Pete on August 22, 2022 • ( 5 )

  

  Here are some true stories behind how I’ve been offered /ended up getting involved in certain ELT writing projects. Not all of these have resulted in paid work – some are just offers that fell through, things I turned down… Read More ›

• Materials writing conversations #10: Medic!

  By Pete on August 10, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  This is a completely imaginary conversation. No characters in the convo are based on real people – I’m just bored and imagining conversations I might have with editors, etc… Dear Pete, It’s Nick here from JaggedELT. We provide writing and… Read More ›

• Primary Science Resources

  By Pete on August 6, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  I was tagged in a post about Primary Science resources on LinkedIn: Thanks for the tag Silvina Mascitti. I had a few suggestions but LinkedIn didn’t like something about my response (maybe too long? Too many links? Not sure –… Read More ›