Live Online Teaching aims to help teachers with live online teaching on platforms such as Zoom, Teams etc. The book offers practical tips to help teachers with the various tools offered by the platforms. This includes features such as shared screens and breakout rooms. In addition, it offers creative activities for teaching online asynchronously. The book… Continue reading →
ETpedia Materials Writing is a complete reference guide to writing ELT materials, with 500 ideas to support and aid writers, teachers and students. ETpedia Materials Writing provides both new and more experienced teachers with tips and pointers on materials writing for teachers of English. Each unit of 10 tips will inspire you whether you’re writing… Continue reading →
Information-rich, filled with intellectually-engaging content, Global is an award winning six-level course that enables students to learn through English and about English in its most international form. Published by Macmillan, Global is a true multimedia course, with a range of digital components fully integrated into its structure. Stylish print coursebooks are mirrored by digital versions… Continue reading →
Teaching Online is essential reading for any teacher interested in online teaching and course delivery. It deals comprehensively with both the tools and the techniques necessary for online language instruction. It is a clear, accessible and reassuringly practical book in which the authors share their wealth of experience in teaching both fully online and blended… Continue reading →
Dealing with Difficulties, part of the Professional Perspectives series, is packed with ideas for dealing with the everyday difficulties and challenges of teaching: large classes mixed levels different learning styles discipline homework or just getting through the beginning, middle and end of day-to-day teaching. Dealing with Difficulties addresses how you get students’ attention, how you… Continue reading →
The New English File course (published by Oxford University Press) is one of the most used and loved coursebooks in the world. The photocopiables at the end of the teacher’s books include grammar and communication worksheets, games and songs. These have been a lifesaver for many a teacher and are consistently a favourite in any… Continue reading →
LearnMatch is a language learning app that specializes in vocabulary training. There are many different versions, most notably vocabuary for football. I have been writing content and consulting for LearnMatch since 2017/2018.
Studio is my NEW course, co-authored with Robert Campbell and Philip Kerr. It’s a six-level adult course with Helbling publishers, and does some very interesting things with audio and video. Here’s some more information about it, from my publisher’s page on the book. The language classroom is a studio – a space where learners can… Continue reading →
This book is for teachers interested in incorporating interaction online into their teaching. Interaction Online is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to incorporate an aspect of online interaction in their language teaching. It is relevant for use with online, blended or face-to-face courses and appropriate for a wide range of teachers and learning… Continue reading →
English for the Alien Invasion is an e-book for learning to communicate in English during an alien invasion of the Earth. Units include Making Contact, Calling the President, Meeting the Alien Leader, Escaping and others. The book is suitable for beginner level learners of English, and will come with audio and a set of alien… Continue reading →
TEFL commute is a podcast for language teachers. I started working on this with Shaun Wilden (who hosted Edtechconcerns with me) and James Taylor. It is not about language teaching though inevitably it might crop up. All three of us are avid podcast listeners and like playing around making our own. TEFL commute is meant to… Continue reading →