Welcome to MaWSIG

We are the IATEFL Materials Writing Special Interest Group. We provide support for materials writers of all levels of experience, whether you’ve been publishing for years, you’re taking the first steps in sharing your materials with a wider audience, or you want to improve what you use in your classroom every day.

We’re an active SIG, with lots going on. Take a look at our blog, Twitter, Instagram and facebook, keep up with our webinars, or join one of our face-to-face events.

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I’m delighted to have been a founding member of the MaWSIG committee. It was so exciting to hold our first events and find our tribe coming together. And as time’s gone by, it’s great to see more and more teachers with a passion for writing good quality materials for use in class or for wider publication coming together and sharing their knowledge and expertise. Keep up the good work!

Karen White

Upcoming events

MaWSIG PCE 2024: Looking forward, looking back

Monday 15 April, 09:30 UK time

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Upcoming events

A journey through time: redesigning materials for the 21st century

Monday 25 March, 14:30-15:30 UK time (check the time in your time zone)

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Latest posts

Women in coursebooks now and then: how representation has changed (MaWSIG Showcase day 2022)

Oct 28, 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...

MaWSIG PCE 2022: What does a picture researcher do, and how has picture research changed over the last 15 years?

Sep 6, 2022

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...

MaWSIG PCE 2022: Bridging a 30-year gap in materials writing

Jun 27, 2022

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...