Recent Posts - page 11
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Planning an EAL INSET
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 ›
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Showcase: Video Creation for Educators – Jo Gakonga
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 ›
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Where do my materials writing opportunities come from?
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 ›
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Materials writing conversations #10: Medic!
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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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EAL Science: Command words/phrases
Just a quick share – something we’ve been doing in EAL. Our learners in KS3 and KS4 are developing their knowledge of task types, both for in-class activities and for their exams. I’m doing little ‘command word challenges’ as starters… Read More ›
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Materials writing conversations #20: The title
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Materials writing conversations #19: vague briefs
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DipTESOL Independent Research Project
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Reflections on the DipTESOL
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Research in brief: Harnessing the translanguaging corriente
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Research in Brief: Input Enhancement and L2 Grammatical Development
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