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• Culturally sustaining pedagogy

  By Pete on April 1, 2024 • ( 2 )

  

  In our upcoming resource, Adri Szlapak and I mention culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP) in EAL teaching. Here’s a quick summary of the concept and some random reflections on it. What is CSP? In the intro to this article, Paris (2012)… Read More ›

• Dialogue around displays

  By Pete on March 14, 2024 • ( 5 )

  

  I had a great moment today that I’m banking through this blog post. Basically, I’d never really considered how much could be gained from collaborating over a wall display. Sounds random. But you know what it is like as a… Read More ›

• Peer observation tasks / Walkthrus

  By Pete on January 28, 2024 • ( 2 )

  

  I’m setting up a peer observation scheme in my department. Basically, it’s like this: I’ll work out how we can evaluate the process down the line – we’ve just started. But I have ideas. Anyhow, the areas for development aren’t… Read More ›

• Materials writing conversations #17: The front cover

  By Pete on January 24, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Dear Pete, As author of the book English for Ticking Boxes, we’d appreciate your input regarding the image choice for the front cover. You’ll be familiar with our earlier range of front cover images for books such as… English for… Read More ›

• Language Learning Role Models

  By Pete on January 20, 2024 • ( 3 )

  

  In our EAL space we wanted to celebrate the success of our language learners. We chose language learning ‘role models’ from Key Stage 4. These were students who have had success/overcome challenges in their English learning journey since joining the… Read More ›

• Pitching ideas to publishers

  By Pete on January 20, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  You want to approach a publisher with an idea for an ELT resource. How do you write a proposal/plan/pitch? Some publishers have proposal forms. Myself and my co-author pitched a book to a publisher last year using an in-house proposal… Read More ›

• Year in review

  By Pete on December 21, 2023 • ( 3 )

  

  Where to start? January obvs… ‘The big one’ At the start of the year I was deep into a project with Pearson International, writing the 2nd Edition of their IGCSE English as a Second Language coursebook. I’ve written about the… Read More ›

• Implementing the Bell Assessment Framework

  By Pete on October 25, 2023 • ( 8 )

  

  We’ve introduced the Bell Assessment Framework to monitor the progress of our EAL learners. Here are some early reflections on the framework and tracking tool, including some challenges arising from its implementation. Why Bell? Adri Szlapak and I are working… Read More ›

• Course review: EAL Coordinators – Organising Impactful EAL Provision

  By Pete on October 20, 2023 • ( 4 )

  

  Professional development courses in EAL seem few and far between to me. That’s why I jumped at the chance to take this month-long EAL Coordinator course offered through the Bell Foundation – one of the go-to organizations for EAL CPD…. Read More ›

• Review: TEFL Training Institute (TTI)

  By Pete on October 16, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  This review originally appeared in IATEFL Voices 292. You’ll be pleased to know that Voices reviews have a 400 word limit, which saves you the pain of all my usual rambling in reviews! Haha. TEFL Training Institute (TTI) is a… Read More ›