This resource is an ideas bank for ‘greening your teaching’. It includes ideas to help you bring the topic of climate change and sustainability into ELT classes, and for localizing such issues. It also includes activities for greening institutions, not… Read More ›
This resource book for university EFL teachers is written by Hall Houston, an experienced teacher and author. You’ve no doubt seen/read his contributions to ELT magazines over the years, or come across him on social media – a friendly and… Read More ›
There’s plenty of content from my initial TEFL training (2006 – wow) that is still relevant to my everyday practice as an EAL teacher. Here’s one example. If you have undertaken initial teacher training in EFL (such as a CELTA… Read More ›
Last term, I was asked to plan some in-service training for teachers on strategies to support our Secondary EAL learners. This was highlighted as an area for development across the secondary school, based on observations, self-reflections, informal chats, and so… Read More ›
It’s Jo Gakonga everybody! *crowd go wild* An ELT ‘legend’ – CELTA Trainer, video creator, someone whose tips and advice I found super helpful early in my teaching career (and still do now!). In this showcase post, Jo talks about… Read More ›
Here are some true stories behind how I’ve been offered /ended up getting involved in certain ELT writing projects. Not all of these have resulted in paid work – some are just offers that fell through, things I turned down… 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, etc… Dear Pete, It’s Nick here from JaggedELT. We provide writing and… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
ELT Planning 