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• Materials writing conversations #3: natural, authentic speech

  By Pete on September 11, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  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… Editor: So, do you have any suggestions for the pronunciation stage? We… Read More ›

• Materials writing conversations #2: death, death, death

  By Pete on September 10, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  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… Editor: You’re coming up with some great material for the ‘Extremes’ unit…. Read More ›

• Tweaking my young learner teaching

  By Pete on September 10, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  I start my PGCEi next month. I’m really looking forward to having an extra reason to reflect on my classroom practice, overall approach, etc, and delving into research about how children learn and develop. I’m focusing on primary level learners… Read More ›

• Materials writing conversations #1: Pork

  By Pete on September 9, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  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… Editor: I think your ideas for the ‘British food’ lesson are great…. Read More ›

• Game review: Play for the Planet (ELi Publishing)

  By Pete on August 27, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Here’s another resource from the giant box I was sent from ELi publishing. I saved reviewing this one until I actually had a good reason to try it out. My teens are studying the natural world / the environment at… Read More ›

• IELTS: identifying attitudes and opinions

  By Pete on August 26, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Another ‘making things up as I go along’. This time in my IELTS Teens class. Topic: Environment and the natural world Context: We’d just done some vocabulary review / building activities. We’d also dipped into the book for some listening… Read More ›

• ‘so’, ‘such a’, and cheap cocktails

  By Pete on August 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Another one of my ‘making things up as I go along’ reflections. This time, something that actually worked! The materials from one of our in-house, pre-int lessons the other day reviewed so/such (a) in the context of travel / holidays… Read More ›

• Materials writing news and views, August 2019

  By Pete on August 15, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s been a whole month since I’ve punned in a published resource! Crazy. New releases Tyson Seburn has a put together a sample unit of an ELT LGBTQIA2 inclusive coursebook unit, based on a normalisation approach. He’s done a great… Read More ›

• Wordwall for ELT vocabulary games

  By Pete on July 28, 2019 • ( 4 )

  

  Wordwall is a recent find for me. I heard about it during this webinar on gamifying learning, which was quite interesting. I’ve since mentioned it to various colleagues, and the typical response has been ‘oh yeah, Wordwall, that’s pretty good’…. Read More ›

• Review: A-Z of ESOL (Emily Bryson)

  By Pete on July 24, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  This short review first appeared in IATEFL Voices magazine last month. Sharing here for general interest. This is a good resource: 4 stars from me. A-Z of ESOL is a useful set of classroom-ready resources for TESOL contexts. Activities in… Read More ›

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