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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Materials writing conversations #8: Ghosted!
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… November 23rd Dear Peter, Thanks for confirming your availability for our project…. Read More ›
Research in brief: Communicative and task-based language teaching in East Asian classrooms
Author and year William Littlewood (2007) Link to the review here or Google Scholar it. Overview A review of reports into the implementation of Communicative and TBLT approaches in East Asia (Primary and Secondary levels). No primary research, a review… Read More ›
Materials writing news and views, April 2022
Materials writing update ‘for the real world’. Sorry, this is in a scatty order but it’s all there! National Geographic Learning webinars I was looking for a link to the National Geographic talk on ‘intercultural skills for the real world’…. Read More ›
Lesson idea: Population Pyramid
Our Geography teacher used Population Pyramid in class the other day. The site includes population stats for countries/regions/etc dating back to 1950. It also includes future projections, along with tons of other infographics related to mortality rates, literacy rates, migration,… Read More ›
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