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• Daily Dose of Internet #5

  By Pete on September 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Some more Daily Dose springboards for you. Activity 1: Watch from 0:00 – 0:39 Write a short news report (150-200 words) for a local paper on this event. Possible titles: Fairground fiasco! Near-fatal fairground Activity 2: Watch from 0:00-0:39 Write… Read More ›

• Daily Dose of Internet #4

  By Pete on September 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Getting Venny today. Overall activity: Watch all clips. Step 1 – Make quick notes on each clip so you remember it. Examples: caterpillar screams hoverboard in city Step 2 – Add the videos to the diagram based on how you… Read More ›

• Daily Dose of Internet #3

  By Pete on September 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Some more Daily Dose activities! Pick one, run with it, see where it leads… Activity 1: *Avoid showing the name of the video!* Pause at 0:14 after the knock on the door. What happens next? Activity 2: Watch from 0:33… Read More ›

• Daily Dose of Internet #2

  By Pete on September 12, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Here are some more Daily Dose of Internet activities. Pick one you like, run with it, see what happens! Activity 1: play the video from the start. Pause for 15 seconds after each clip. Students … Rate each video from… Read More ›

• Daily Dose of Internet #1

  By Pete on September 10, 2021 • ( 6 )

  

  I love Daily Dose of Internet. I feel like adding some ‘Daily Dose Springboard’ posts. These vids are a nice resource for a bit of speaking practice at the start/end of a lesson but can also be exploited much more…. Read More ›

• Renewable English Series 2 “Beyond the SDGs” is on its way

  By Pete on September 4, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  The moment you’ve all been waiting for, Renewable English take on the UN’s SDGs in a brand-new series of live lessons. Seville, Andalucia, September 2021—The much anticipated second series of Renewable English is just around the corner. Founded by teacher,… Read More ›

• Writing a rationale for your materials

  By Pete on August 17, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  In a previous post about writing samples for publishers I mentioned including a rationale. I can’t say for sure that publishers welcome this. Maybe they just want to look at your sample materials and judge for themselves whether you’ve got… Read More ›

• DipTESOL Independent Research Project

  By Pete on August 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  A DipTESOL candidate got in touch asking for tips/recommendations for the Independent Research Project (IRP). Hmmm. Er… So, I’m just gonna write, then I’ll go back and try to pick out useful bits! Pfff. I learnt that according to Bolitho… Read More ›

• Review: English for Business Communication

  By Pete on August 5, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  This review originally appeared in IATEFL Voices 281. 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. Dr Mable Chan Routledge Applied English… Read More ›

• Blogging tips for new ELT writers

  By Pete on July 29, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  I recently shared a tip on LinkedIn for materials writers who blog: Here are a few more suggestions for using your blog to good effect as a newbie materials writer.  Note: these tips are mostly about finding work, interacting with… Read More ›

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