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… Editor: So, do you have any suggestions for the pronunciation stage? We… Read More ›
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… Editor: You’re coming up with some great material for the ‘Extremes’ unit…. Read More ›
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… Editor: I think your ideas for the ‘British food’ lesson are great…. Read More ›
It’s been a whole month since I’ve punned in a published resource! Crazy. New releases Tyson Seburn has a put together a sample unit of an ELT LGBTQIA2 inclusive coursebook unit, based on a normalisation approach. He’s done a great… Read More ›
Sorry, been busy! Here’s some latest news with a Pearson-heavy start! Pearson to phase out print textbooks The big news announced yesterday (BBC article here). In the pipeline… Pearson are working on the higher levels (Int+) of Startup. Promo… Read More ›
Some news from this month… New materials Nice post on LinkedIn the other day from Kate Foufouti. A new resource from Macmillan. Macmillan have also been promoting a new Pre-primary series called Mimi’s Wheel – series editor is Carol Read… Read More ›
I don’t often win things – just like the football team I support! However, I was lucky enough to be the Onestopenglish Lesson Share winner for February. Woohoo! Check out the competition here. What was the lesson? Resources based on… Read More ›
April update has got a bit long, sorry. It’s mainly because of IATEFL and ELTONS. IATEFL talks There were some interesting talks related to materials writing. Equality, diversity and inclusion was certainly a theme. Two interesting points from John Gray’s… Read More ›
A longer post this month – some overspill from the last post and then happenings over the last few weeks… What’s new out recently? Here are some recent coursebooks from publishers that I’ve clocked mainly on LinkedIn… Oxford Uni Press… Read More ›
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 ›
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