This review originally appeared in IATEFL Voices 290. 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. Gabriella Kovács. Pavilion Publishing, 2022 This… Read More ›
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Review: Academic Writing – Mastering Citation and Referencing
Academic Writing: Mastering Citation and Referencing is the latest publication from Prosperity Education. The book is aimed at learners on pre-sessional university courses, who are looking for a clear introduction to academic writing skills. The resource is suited to self-study,… Read More ›
Special Offer! IH Introduction to Teaching CLIL course
My buddy from the Yangsan days, Katja Preston, now coordinates the courses for IH Online Teacher Training Institute. She’s kindly offering readers of this blog a discount for the upcoming CLIL course (authored by Amanda McLoughlin), woohoo! Here’s the info!… Read More ›
Materials writing news and views, January 2023
It’s been a while! Thought I’d get the news and views back up and running. Where to start? Well, it can’t be with research. I haven’t read any research into materials development in the last few months. Just been super… Read More ›
Conference: Integrated Learning and Assessment in the new National Curriculum for General Education
I had the pleasure of attending a conference on Integrated Learning and Assessment last week in Hue (Vietnam), hosted by Cambridge Assessment. Here’s a bit about the conference, and some take home points. Why was I there? I’ve been working… Read More ›
Showcase: IELTS Bootcamp with Fatime Losonci
Here’s showcase post number four on ELTPlanning, and it’s from Fatime Losonci. Writer of useful IELTS resources, IELTS Bootcamp trainer, helpful and supportive across social/business media platforms. A dog person, unfortunately, but we all have our flaws. So, the floor… Read More ›
Materials writing conversations #11: ‘Friends’
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… 15/10 Bob: Hey. Can I get some careers advice from you? I know you… Read More ›
Materials writing: more on samples
This is a quick follow-up to my post on how I approach sample writing. Here’s the original post. I just wanted to add one more thing – and it’s something Kath Bilsborough touched upon in her post about briefs. Kath… Read More ›
Going freelance
I’ve stepped out of the classroom for a year to do more writing. While this is only a temporary thing for me, it’s still pretty daunting – ditching the steady income and taking a leap of faith! Aaargh! I’m only… Read More ›
Review: Avallain Author Training Programme and Certification
Avallain Author is software for authoring eLearning activities and courses. Apparently, lots of ELT publishers use Avallain to create digital resources. I recently completed a training course on using this software… Why did I do the training programme? Just upskilling…. Read More ›