Materials writing conversations #4: the artwork brief
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 […]
Lesson idea: ‘used to’ for describing past appearance
I made this activity up in class and it worked well! Really creative, loads of interesting language, and also a good way to practice ‘used […]
A Vocabulary Game for #ELT
Words, words, words! How learning vocabulary can be challenging for non English speakers! Quizlet , and other word cards are helpful but do become rather repetitive […]
Materials writing conversations #1: Pork
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 […]
Tweaking my young learner teaching
I start my PGCEi next month. I’m really looking forward to having an extra reason to reflect on my classroom practice, overall approach, etc, and […]
Materials writing conversations #2: death, death, death
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 […]
Materials writing conversations #3: natural, authentic speech
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 […]
Three Resources for #ELT on the Go
Life on the go. Learning on the go. Yet, does learning on the go really happen? Not every learning moment has to be embedded in […]
IELTS: identifying attitudes and opinions
Another ‘making things up as a go along’. This time in my IELTS Teens class. Topic: Environment and the natural world Context: We’d just done […]
Game review: Play for the Planet (ELi Publishing)
Here’s another resource from the giant box I was sent from ELi publishing. I saved reviewing this one until I actually had a good reason […]
‘so’, ‘such a’, and cheap cocktails
Another one of my ‘making things up as I go along’ reflections. This time, something that actually worked! The materials from one of our in-house, […]
Materials writing news and views, August 2019
It’s been a whole month since I’ve punned in a published resource! Crazy. New releases Tyson Seburn has a put together a sample unit of […]
