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• Seesaw for EAL and young learners

  By Pete on April 6, 2021 • ( 4 )

  

  Someone contacted me last week in a panic. ‘Aaargh, we’re going to start using Seesaw – any tips? Is it easy? Can you do a lot on it?’ etc. I find Seesaw really easy to use as a classroom learning… Read More ›

• Review: Work It Out with Business Idioms

  By Pete on March 28, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Scroll to *get on with it, Pete* for review. Do you remember that BBC article about how rubbish us native speakers can be at communication? I think that put me off teaching idioms for a bit. I came to think… Read More ›

• 18 more ways to introduce your lesson topic

  By Pete on March 26, 2021 • ( 15 )

  

  This term I’ve tried out a few different ways to introduce a lesson. These ones have worked well. They might be worth reading if you’ve exhausted my previous list! Song lyric gap fill Example: 3rd conditional, regrets Do a short gap… Read More ›

• Review: Eduland Writing Project

  By Pete on March 15, 2021 • ( 19 )

  

  Eduland is a short story project for the China ELT market. You write short fiction texts for young learners, add a few comprehension questions (guidance given), do one round of edits (typically), and get paid! Currently, the short stories are… Read More ›

• Materials writing news and views, March 2021

  By Pete on March 13, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  Mostly new releases, plus references to Premier League sticker albums… New releases English Code – Mary Roulston. Dinosaur on the front cover, win. Cambridge Primary World English teacher’s guides – saw on Melissa Bryant’s Linkedin. Hodder Education. Language Fuel have… Read More ›

• Review: Retrieval Practice (Kate Jones)

  By Pete on February 28, 2021 • ( 3 )

  

  This resource by Kate Jones (2019) is a concise overview of all things retrieval practice – theory, research and classroom implementation. It begins by defining the term… ‘… the act of recalling learned information from memory (with little or no… Read More ›

• Materials Development Task 11: Future-proofing

  By Pete on February 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Think… Have you ever created a resource that aged quickly? What aspects/features of a published resource might make it more susceptible to ‘ageing’? How could you, as a writer, minimize the chance of a resource becoming dated? Do you think… Read More ›

• Materials Development Task 10: Knowledge and the notes

  By Pete on February 23, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  This is a new series of blog posts for teachers looking to become materials writers. It aims to help future writers explore topics and issues in writing, encourage deeper insight into the content of published materials, and promote a principled… Read More ›

• Materials Development Task 9: Functional language

  By Pete on February 21, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  This is a new series of blog posts for teachers looking to become materials writers. It aims to help future writers explore topics and issues in writing, encourage deeper insight into the content of published materials, and promote a principled… Read More ›

• Materials Development Task 8: Questions

  By Pete on February 19, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  This is a new series of blog posts for teachers looking to become materials writers. It aims to help future writers explore topics and issues in writing, encourage deeper insight into the content of published materials, and promote a principled… Read More ›

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