by Web Editor | Apr 4, 2023 | MaWSIG, self-publishing
The first of our PCE Warm-Up webinar series, ‘Self-publishing ELT materials’, was led by Walton Burns. Based on his experience running his own indie publishing company, Walton guided the audience through the steps of self-publishing. Below are some of the questions...
by Sandy Millin | Dec 16, 2021 | Freelancing, self-publishing
The last decade has seen an explosion of self-publishing in the ELT world, which has created a multitude of exciting opportunities for teachers to become content creators and to produce more relevant, niche or localised materials. In a survey I conducted a few years...
by Web Editor | Jan 13, 2021 | Materials writing, Publishers, self-publishing
In this post, Lottie Galpin shares her knowledge and experience as a writer and editor on the tricky area of sources and permissions. Something that often comes up when I’m working on ELT materials is the issue of sources and permissions. The ins and outs of what you...
by Web Editor | Jul 19, 2018 | Getting started, Materials writing, self-publishing
In the second of a series of summer blogposts on the MaWSIG website, and following up on last month’s blogpost ‘Adventures in self-publishing’, teacher and writer Clare Maas outlines some ideas for getting started in writing. At our recent annual conference at Oxford...
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 | Oct 3, 2017 | ELT publishing, Materials writing, self-publishing
Our latest blog post is by Ken Wilson, who shares his thoughts on how the ELT materials writing world has changed over the last few decades. The MaWSIG blog features guest posts by members – please get in touch if you would like to write for us. I’ve been...
