by Ciarán Lynch | Jul 26, 2023 | Materials writing, MaWSIG
In this post, Lena Hertzel summarises her presentation at the MaWSIG showcase during the IATEFL conference in Harrogate in April. In her talk, Lena focused on the problematic representations of Africa in ELT coursebooks, and offered guidelines for materials writers to...
by Web Editor | May 25, 2023 | Materials writing, MaWSIG Showcase
In this post, Peter J Fullagar (he/him) writes about the workshop he led at the 56th IATEFL Conference in Harrogate (2023) as part of the MaWSIG Showcase day. I am one of the growing number of open LGBTQIA+ ELT professionals making noises about representation in...
by Sandy Millin | Oct 28, 2022 | IATEFL
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...
by Web Editor | Nov 8, 2019 | Materials writing
In the second of our mini-series of blog posts following the 8th Malta ELT conference, Tyson Seburn explores the representation (or lack of representation) of LGBTQIA2 themes in published ELT materials. This post was first published on Tyson’s blog, 4C in ELT, on 31...