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• Using PronPack

  By Pete on February 20, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  I’ve been using PronPack a bit in class recently. I was going to review it, but I think it’s more interesting to write about how I’m using it instead. I’ve just taught my teen classes the phonemic chart and we’ve… Read More ›

• Materials writing news and views, Feb 2019

  By Pete on February 12, 2019 • ( 12 )

  

  Thought I’d start sharing a semi-regular post on materials writing for those (semi-)interested. Just news, views, jobs I see and stuff. Whatever, don’t know yet! 9 ways to get noticed by an ELT publisher This is a new blog post… Read More ›

• TEFL Tiglets #2

  By Pete on February 4, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Following on from my original post on TEFL Sniglets (Tiglets), here are a few more words that should be in our TEFL dictionaries but aren’t…

• Book review: Egghead

  By Pete on February 4, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Egghead (Michael Lacey Freeman, 2015) is an A2 level graded reader for teens from ELI Publishing. It is an autobiographical story of the author’s experience of being bullied at school, and how friendship helped him overcome his difficulties.

• Book review: Loving London

  By Pete on January 30, 2019 • ( 5 )

  

  Loving London by Angela Tomkinson is an A2 level reader for teens. It provides 26 short texts on London (alphabetical), covering a whole range of topics (see image). Each text includes a short after-reading activity, and there are audio recordings… Read More ›

• Book review: ELI Vocabulary in Pictures

  By Pete on January 29, 2019 • ( 4 )

  

  This week I received a huge box of resources from ELI Publishing. The first book that caught my eye was ELI Vocabulary in Pictures, which looks like a useful and good value resource. Vocabulary in Pictures (VIP) is a picture… Read More ›

• TEFL Games: Answer Smash!

  By Pete on January 18, 2019 • ( 9 )

  

  I used this game at the end of class last week. It was just for fun, although I guess you could tweak it to cover certain vocabulary. It involves quick thinking from the students, a bit of randomness and lots… Read More ›

• DipTESOL exam: model answer

  By Pete on January 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Someone asked on the ELT Planning Facebook page about model answers for Section 1 of the DipTESOL exam. I found one model answer here on this informative tesoldip blog. It doesn’t state the exact question asked, but you can infer… Read More ›

• 10 pronunciation books for DipTESOL trainees

  By Pete on January 5, 2019 • ( 5 )

  

  Here’s my suggested reading list for the phonology component of the DipTESOL. I don’t want to mislead you – the course is 9 months long (depending) and you’ve a lot to do during that time. I’m not saying you should… Read More ›

• Webinar: Teaching English pronunciation for the real world (Laura Patsko)

  By Pete on January 3, 2019 • ( 6 )

  

  This webinar from November 2018 is a good introduction to the concept of English as a Lingua Franca. The hour-long session gives an overview the following: