Things I learnt yesterday: Happy Mother’s Day. New releases I haven’t done an update since January so there are tons of new releases! ABC Culture, Pearson Italia. Lower Secondary War of the Worlds Penguin Reader, A1, graphic novel style! Sounds… Read More ›

news and views
Materials writing news and views, January 2023
It’s been a while! Thought I’d get the news and views back up and running. Where to start? Well, it can’t be with research. I haven’t read any research into materials development in the last few months. Just been super… 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 ›
Materials writing news and views, January 2022
Not much to report at the start of the year, but a few bits and bobs. New releases I haven’t really been on the lookout for these recently tbh, but I did see Michelle Worgan’s book Move! For A1 Movers… Read More ›
Materials writing news and views, July 2021
Euros over. Wimbledon over. Olympics coming up! New releases Some more Primary teacher books from Michelle Worgan: Emily Bryson is running a course on engaging learners with simple drawings. See here. This digital storytelling project from Vicky Saumell. See here…. Read More ›
Materials Writing News and Views, May 2021
Busy, busy! Will breeze through some happenings since the last update in March. New releases This from Afshin Vatandoost – a new general English coursebook series from Pearson.
Materials writing news and views, March 2021
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 ›
Materials Writing news and views, January 2021
Hi all. Short one. Diversity features quite a bit. New releases Another offering from the George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley of ELT, this time via Waygooze Press. Other than that, I’ve haven’t seen much released. I’ve been reading some of… Read More ›
Materials Writing news and views, October 2020
Just a few things this time. I’m out the loop at the moment, enjoying my teaching too much! Facebook groups for writers There are a lot of Facebook groups for ELT writers these days. If you would like to share… Read More ›
Materials writing news and views, August 2020
*Opens hands expressively* Hello everyone, and welcome to this month’s update. *Does cup holding/triangle hand thingy in front near belly* My name’s Pete, and today … Ahhh you’ll get what I’m going on about in a minute. New releases Sarah… Read More ›