by Web Editor | Jan 30, 2019 | ELT publishing, Getting started, Materials writing
In the penultimate webinar Q&A post in the ‘What about …’ series, Dr Elaine Hodgson follows up on some of the questions that participants asked during her recent webinar, What about writing Teachers’ Guides? You can watch a recording of her webinar here. Look out...
by Web Editor | Oct 23, 2018 | Digital, ELT publishing, Materials writing, Uncategorized
In this post, Vicky Saumell follows up on some of the questions that participants asked during her recent webinar, What about creating technology-enhanced materials? You can watch a recording at http://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/pilne01kpmil/. In her answers, Vicky links...
by Web Editor | Jun 20, 2018 | ELT publishing, self-publishing
In the first of a series of summer blogposts on the MaWSIG website, teachers Lucy Holmes and Sharlene Matharu describe how they identified and filled a gap in the market. Who are you? Sharlene: We’re both teachers at the Lake School of English in Oxford. I’ve worked...
by Web Editor | Mar 27, 2018 | ELT publishing, Materials writing
There is now a greater awareness of the need to write for specific groups of learners; this is the theme of the upcoming MaWSIG PCE in Brighton. However, Paul Davies explores here the ethical dilemma writers face when asked to compromise their principles by writing...
by Web Editor | Mar 6, 2018 | ELT publishing, ESOL, Materials writing
The MaWSIG PCE, to be held on 9 April in Brighton, features five writers speaking on different aspects of Writing for the World. Here, Julie Day previews her talk on materials writing for ESOL classes. More information about the PCE is available here. The ideal of...
by Web Editor | Mar 1, 2018 | ELT publishing, Materials writing, Publishers
In this post, Luiz Otávio Barros shares his experiences of writing ELT coursebooks as a NNES based in Brazil. This blog concludes Part I of our mini-series on writing ELT materials for different markets around the world. We will return with Part II in six months’...