Join the Cause and Be Inspired at the ELT4PR Online Conference for Teachers
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela This weekend, January 25th to January 26th, join […]
Review: Ready to Run
This review was first published in the Winter 2019 edition of the ETAS Journal. Many thanks to ETAS for allowing the review to appear on […]
Writing lesson: online dating profiles
This is a lesson based around authentic texts from the eHarmony website. It is aimed at adult pre-intermediate level plus, but these texts are full […]
Why ELT coursebooks are great!
Late last year I read the Jordan and Gray/Hughes exchange on ELT coursebooks, which appeared in ELT Journal. It’s an interesting discussion if you haven’t […]
Research in brief: reading disruption of a textbook
The research Winter, C. (2018). Disrupting colonial discourses in the geography curriculum during the introduction of British Values policy in schools. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 50(4), 456-475. […]
Lesson idea: the ideal classroom
My secondary class (age 14+, B1) are exploring education in our latest module. We are building up to a ‘design your ideal school’ task. The […]
A Grammar App for those Lazy Days
Sometimes it's the simplest of mistakes that give it all away. Or perhaps not. Perhaps it's just a question of distraction, lack of attention, multi-tasking. […]
Social Authentication and Teacher-Student Motivational Synergy
I am very happy to announce the publication of my 3rd book (4th if you include poetry). This book talks about social authentication, which (following […]
ELT materials writing – my year in review
It’s been quite a good year on the writing front. Balancing writing with full-time teaching is tough, but the rewards are great! It’s only three […]
How to annoy commissioning editors (and find work)
Another ‘how to become a materials writer’ article has popped up – Kirsten Holt’s article for ETPro offers some more good advice for budding writers. […]
Reading in Time-Poor Days
via GIPHY "Paradoxically, the ephemerality — and sheer volume — of text on social media is re-creating the circumstances of a preliterate society: a world […]
Frosted For Writing
Have you ever heard that unhappy groan, seen the eye-roll of despair and then again, the sigh of resignation when the word "writing" is mentioned […]
