Some news from this month… New materials Nice post on LinkedIn the other day from Kate Foufouti. A new resource from Macmillan. Macmillan have also […]

Here’s my recent article for English Teaching Professional, March 2019. Why is LinkedIn so good for teachers, and particularly budding materials writers? Have a read… […]

I don’t often win things – just like the football team I support! However, I was lucky enough to be the Onestopenglish Lesson Share winner […]

April update has got a bit long, sorry. It’s mainly because of IATEFL and ELTONS.  IATEFL talks There were some interesting talks related to materials […]

A longer post this month – some overspill from the last post and then happenings over the last few weeks… What’s new out recently? Here […]

Thought I’d start sharing a semi-regular post on materials writing for those (semi-)interested. Just news, views, jobs I see and stuff. Whatever, don’t know yet! […]

Here is Brian Tomlinson’s recent webinar in written form: ‘What about principles for materials development?’ The session was delivered as part of the MaWSIG ‘What […]

These tips may sound simple to some, but useful to others! As a new writer I reckon you’ll have to do some of the things […]

Here are a few general tips for skills to develop if you’d like to write for publishers or big teaching organisations. This is not a […]

I sat down to plan a General English class for our adult learners to the other day. I say plan, more like adapt. We have […]

I’ve written quite a few pronunciation activities this year for a regional product (Asia). Here are a few random thoughts on the process… Pronunciation for… […]

I took a course on materials development recently. It was really good – plenty of input and ideas I could apply in my current context. […]