Women in coursebooks now and then: how representation has changed (MaWSIG Showcase day 2022)
In this post, Elaine Hodgson writes about a study conducted by herself and Viviane Kirmeliene into the representation of women in coursebooks, presented at the 55th IATEFL Conference in Belfast (2022) as part of the MaWSIG Showcase day. When we consider our role as ELT educators, materials writers and editors in a world that is […]
MaWSIG PCE 2022: What does a picture researcher do, and how has picture research changed over the last 15 years?
[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] In the second post in our series Looking back at the MaWSIG PCE, Belfast 2022, Sharon McTeir shares a summary of her presentation. In my talk at the MaWSIG PCE in Belfast this year, I talked about the following aspects of my work: What my work as a picture researcher involves I search […]
MaWSIG PCE 2022: Bridging a 30-year gap in materials writing
In our first post in the series Looking back at the MaWSIG PCE, Belfast 2022, Sue Kay writes about her presentation in which she shared an insightful account of her thoughts and experiences as she prepares to update and self-publish materials that she originally wrote 30 years ago. I’ve been writing ELT materials for thirty […]
Joining the MaWSIG Committee
In this series of three posts, we ask our new committee members to share their thoughts about why they chose to join the MaWSIG committee. The second post comes in the form of an interview with Heather Buchanan, Joint Events Coordinator (and soon-to-be MaWSIG Coordinator). Heather, why did you join MaWSIG? MaWSIG was founded back […]
Joining the MaWSIG Committee
In this series of three posts, we ask our new committee members to share their thoughts about why they chose to join the MaWSIG committee. The first post comes from Sandy Millin, Deputy Tech Coordinator. I’ve been a member of MaWSIG on and off since it first started in 2013. I tried other SIGs, but […]