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Teacher and Materials Writer

• Materials Writing: Samples

  By Pete on May 18, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Question from a reader: Can you give me some advice on how to write a sample? Ummm… The free ‘No Nonsense Guide to Writing’ from ELT Writers Connected includes a good overview on this topic (see page 27, written by… Read More ›

• Materials Writing News and Views, May 2021

  By Pete on May 16, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Busy, busy! Will breeze through some happenings since the last update in March. New releases This from Afshin Vatandoost – a new general English coursebook series from Pearson.

• Jason Anderson and the TATE

  By Pete on May 7, 2021 • ( 11 )

  

  There’s a Mercury Music Prize-winning band name if ever I heard one. This post is actually a long one about Anderson, CAP/TATE, British Council and Project-based learning – that didn’t have quite the same ring to it. I attended Jason… Read More ›

• Using Loom

  By Pete on May 6, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Here’s a quick overview of Loom and why I like it. What’s Loom? Loom is a video recording / screencasting tool. It is available as a Google extension. I first came across this tool after reading this post last year…. Read More ›

• Text analysis, level checks, profiling, etc

  By Pete on May 1, 2021 • ( 3 )

  

  A new subscriber, Gemma Archer, just asked about text profilers. I’ve shared this response as a comment but thought I’d paste here as might crowdsource some more ideas??? Help please 🙂 (Response) I use, or have used, text inspector (free… Read More ›

• Tips for writing secondary materials, ELTA Rhine

  By Pete on April 29, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  Teresa Bestwick tagged me in a tweet about materials writing earlier. ELTA Rhine were looking for someone to drop into a training session for pre-service teachers and chat about writing Secondary resources. Teresa was going to help, I really wanted… Read More ›

• EAL: History / Geography reviews

  By Pete on April 29, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Here’s another insight into day-to-day EAL planning. Usual disclaimer on the look of the resources – time restraints, okay?! History and Geography were tough for our EAL learners in Term 1. They are so English-heavy and there’s tonnes to cover…. Read More ›

• Get published! Working with Peachey Publications

  By Pete on April 27, 2021 • ( 8 )

  

  It’s about time I did more than just praise Nik Peachey on LinkedIn and in Twitter posts! Another six months has passed, the royalties from ‘30 Role Plays for TEFL’ are in. They’ve covered a dentist bill, a crate of… Read More ›

• 64 online resources I’ve used for teaching English this year (plus 7 others)

  By Pete on April 26, 2021 • ( 4 )

  

  Here’s a list of online resources I’ve either… a) used in the last year b) observed other teachers use c) been told about very recently and am about to try out Why? I feel like doing a tech vomit today.

• MA dissertation promo cringe

  By Pete on April 20, 2021 • ( 8 )

  

  Maria Heron from NILE asked me to record a video about my NILE dissertation. They are promoting the course and are keen to get reflections from alumni. She sent me a bunch of questions and asked for a 5 minute… Read More ›