Think…
It’s time to play… DATE THAT RESOURCE!
(more…) 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 approach to materials development.
Think…
As a writer you might need to provide artwork briefs. These are descriptions of an image you’d like an editor to source or commission. Describing images in detail can be part of the writing process. Let’s practice.
Describe the image below in as much detail as you can. I’ll start you off:
(more…) 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 approach to materials development.
Think…
To what extent do you agree with these statements?
Think of a clear example to support each of your responses.
(more…) 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 the John Catt publication books. All quite new and a pretty good range, lacking in criticality at times though. Reviewed one here if interested.
Groups and chats
(If you say ‘groups and chats’ fast enough you can get a good beat going)
There are lots of Facebook groups for ELT writers. These are the main ones I’m in:
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Before lockdown I was an avid pub quizzer. It’s the perfect hobby for a materials writer because we accumulate tons of useless facts when researching articles. Here’s a list of some random topics I’ve written texts on in the last, pfff, 18 months maybe? I’ve discussed this with Clare Maas before – I’d love to see your updated list of writes, Clare!
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Last blog post of 2020. Here’s how the year went…
January: Handed in my notice at British Council. Started Module 2 of the PGCEi. Goaded a few people on Twitter, felt guilty, stopped using Twitter. For a day.
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I wrote this in 2019. Just came across it again. My loose thoughts on a random post-writing, pre-COVID evening…
Balancing writing alongside teaching (and other) commitments isn’t always easy. I try to be realistic about the amount of time I can give to writing. My general rule is that I never take on writing projects which require over 20 hours a week – that’s when things start to get stressful. Having said that, sometimes you just can’t turn the work down, especially when it’s a gamechanger for your career.
(more…) 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 a link to your group then please let me know (or do so yourself in the comments). I don’t know which groups are open to new members/restricted/etc.
ELTon results
Congrats to all ELTons winners, which you can find here.
ELT Footprint – probably the most odds-on victory since the awards started I’d imagine.
Taking nothing away from winners past/present with this comment: I think there are aspects of the ELTons nomination process that could be tightened – BC please get in touch if you’d like to hear my suggestions 🙂
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Onestopenglish is still free at the moment. This is a great opportunity to make the most of their awesome resources. There’s so much available on the site: lesson plans, articles related to methodology, resources created by the Onestopenglish community… they’ve also been teaming up with institutions like NILE recently to provide tips for teachers.
I’ve written a few resources for site over the past year which I hope you will find interesting and useful. Most of them are for the Everyday Life series. They’re print-and-go adult General English resources, complete with teacher notes and student worksheets. These are often task-led and typically suit 1 – 1.5 hour lessons.
Everyday Life Lesson Topics:
Article /resource for the Online Education series:
Lesson Share Winning Resource:
Instant Coffee, a Black Mirror inspired short story with resources (for approximately three hours of class time)
Feedback on any of these resources is most welcome! I hope they come in handy for your own lessons.
*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
