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 […]

This review is for the PGCEi from the University of Nottingham. It’s a bit general – see links for more details. Overview of modules There […]

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 […]

Well, here we are again, back in lockdown and remote learning in full swing. As I look around the Twittersphere there are many strands to […]

It’s that time of the year to be reflective and to think ahead and make plans. Reflecting back on 2020, one of the few silver […]

In my role as Year 4 Leader, I have decided, this year, to research and undertake ‘coaching’. ‘Teacher-centered coaching refers to a coaching strategy that is focused on teacher actions in […]

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 […]

What might be optimal ESL provision in international schools? Alderfer and Alderfer (2011) state that there is no unifying set of criteria to assess ESL […]

I had to induct a new teacher at school once. They were fairly new to teaching and unfamiliar with our in-house product at the time […]

Module 2 of the PGCEi (though Nottingham) is in two parts. Part A starts with framing unit. It introduces various theories of learning such as […]

Just a quick one! Twinkl ESL are currently offering free access to users in South America in response to school closures. Miranda’s doing a great […]

Prompted by a tweet from @michaelegriffin, here are some thoughts on how coursebooks/published materials/in-house resources can aid teacher development. Michael asked this: I shared some […]