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Review: A-Z of ESOL (Emily Bryson)
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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Spoken Grammar: a Guide for English Language Teachers
I got offered free access to this course on Udemy. I’ve been meaning to do it for a while. Finally got around to it and… wow! It’s very impressive. Course overview Spoken Grammar is a teacher training course. It provides… Read More ›
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Materials writing news and views, July 2019
Sorry, been busy! Here’s some latest news with a Pearson-heavy start! Pearson to phase out print textbooks The big news announced yesterday (BBC article here). In the pipeline… Pearson are working on the higher levels (Int+) of Startup. Promo… Read More ›
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Course review: Evaluating Digital Materials (iTDi)
I recently took the iTDi course on Evaluating Digital Materials, delivered by Pete Sharma. If you can’t be bothered with the whole review – here’s a summary in, er… wait… 17 words: Excellent input, great delivery, very active forum, useful… Read More ›
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Book review: Teaching English as a Lingua Franca
I’ve finally got my hands on a copy of this book! Woohoo! What can I say? I’ve a keen interest in the topic of English as a Lingua Franca. ELF was a buzzword during my BA, well before I entered… Read More ›
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Materials writing news and views, May 2019
Some news from this month… New materials Nice post on LinkedIn the other day from Kate Foufouti. A new resource from Macmillan. Macmillan have also been promoting a new Pre-primary series called Mimi’s Wheel – series editor is Carol Read… Read More ›
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Article for ETP: Using LinkedIn for professional development
Here’s my recent article for English Teaching Professional, March 2019. Why is LinkedIn so good for teachers, and particularly budding materials writers? Have a read…
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My dissertation
Sharing my recent MA dissertation for general interest. I say ‘general interest’, but I imagine the interest will be extremely specific! Here’s the title: Pronunciation materials in an A2/B1 level British Council Adult General English course in Thailand – do… Read More ›
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Lesson Share Winner!
I don’t often win things – just like the football team I support! However, I was lucky enough to be the Onestopenglish Lesson Share winner for February. Woohoo! Check out the competition here. What was the lesson? Resources based on… Read More ›
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Materials writing news and views, April 2019
April update has got a bit long, sorry. It’s mainly because of IATEFL and ELTONS. IATEFL talks There were some interesting talks related to materials writing. Equality, diversity and inclusion was certainly a theme. Two interesting points from John Gray’s… Read More ›
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