by Web Editor | Dec 12, 2017 | Materials writing
Our last post of the year is by Nick Beare, who discusses the use of distractor activities to help with problem-solving in writing. Most of us feel that getting distracted when we work is not a good thing. A quick search on Google throws up dozens of articles on the...
by Web Editor | Nov 28, 2017 | Materials writing, Pronunciation
In this blog post, Jonathan Marks explores the writing of materials designed to teach pronunciation. Coursebooks are a powerful influence on teachers’ professional awareness and practice – even, perhaps, for a lot of teachers, the most powerful agent of teacher...
by Web Editor | Nov 7, 2017 | ELT publishing, Materials writing
Our latest blog post is by Penny Ur, who discusses the need for materials writers to pay attention to research on language learning. I’ve just read Katherine Bilsborough’s blog entry ‘ELT materials writing: More on emerging principles’. I really enjoyed it and learned...
by Web Editor | Oct 24, 2017 | Digital, ELT publishing, Materials writing, Publishers
In this blog post, Jill Florent details her extensive experience of the evolution of ELT publishing – from process to product and working relationships. Manuscripts, typewriters and paste-ups Since my publishing career began in the late 1970s, I’ve seen a lot of...
by Web Editor | Oct 12, 2017 | Digital, ELT publishing, Graded readers, Materials writing, Story writing
When I was seven years old, I came across the most amazing thing. On the cover, it said, ‘A fighting fantasy gamebook in which YOU become the hero!’ It was The Warlock of Firetop Mountain by Ian Livingston and Steve Jackson, a gamebook where you played the role of an...
