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 ›

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Primary Science Resources
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 ›
Questions to ask at an EAL Teacher interview
When you get that ’is there anything you’d like to ask us about the role, the school, or…’ etc. Of course, a lot depends on context. Still, here are a few things that might be worth asking about a potential… Read More ›
Materials writing conversations #9: Lost contracts
These are completely imaginary conversations. No characters in the convos are based on real people – I’m just bored and imagining conversations I might have with editors… I seem to lose a lot of writing contracts. It could be down… Read More ›
Reflections on my EAL role
I’ve just finished a stint working in English as an Additional Language (EAL) at an international school. It’s been a really interesting experience, and one that has changed my direction in both teaching and writing. I know many teachers (especially… Read More ›
ELTea Time Chat: Digital Teaching Skills
Last week, I had a chat with Del and Super from Macmillan Asia about digital teaching skills. Among other things, we mentioned: How online teaching/learning went for us in our different contexts Challenges and lessons learnt from online teaching Tools… Read More ›
Overview: EAL resources from Ellii
There’s a new section on Ellii (great site) for Academic Vocabulary. Here’s the blurb: ‘A content- and language-integrated learning approach gives K–12 students a chance to learn English and an academic subject at the same time. The resources in this… Read More ›
Materials writing conversations #8: Ghosted!
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… November 23rd Dear Peter, Thanks for confirming your availability for our project…. Read More ›
Research in brief: Communicative and task-based language teaching in East Asian classrooms
Author and year William Littlewood (2007) Link to the review here or Google Scholar it. Overview A review of reports into the implementation of Communicative and TBLT approaches in East Asia (Primary and Secondary levels). No primary research, a review… Read More ›
Materials writing news and views, April 2022
Materials writing update ‘for the real world’. Sorry, this is in a scatty order but it’s all there! National Geographic Learning webinars I was looking for a link to the National Geographic talk on ‘intercultural skills for the real world’…. Read More ›