A little while ago, a friend sent me an email with the subject line: Thought you’d like this. It contained a quote, probably taken from one of those quote-of-the-day websites. The quote was only six words long, and came from the poet Ezra Pound. It read, ‘Literature is news that stays new.’ My friend was… Continue reading →
CAREER STEPS TO BECOMING A MATERIALS WRITER Many readers on this site are probably familiar with the, albeit small, career ladder for English teachers within a school or department. It goes something like this, although individual schools will vary and there may not be all the steps outlined below. 1. new teacher (gets the unwanted… Continue reading →
It’s always a source of pleasure to see that this little series of articles I wrote with lexicographer Kerry Maxwell on tricky areas of grammar consistently makes it to the most popular posts on Onestopenglish, even though they were written more than five years ago! The most popular one seems to be an article we… Continue reading →
A series of articles with teaching ideas based on topical issues to help interest and engage a class of teenagers. These articles were published by Onestopenglish in collaboration with Guardian Weekly. Articles covered ideas and activities relating to Status Updates, World Peace Day, Activities that link to Space themes, What to do with a Guest… Continue reading →
Lindsay describes different approaches to Coursebook planning, including his own highly individual method of writing different elements of a course on colour-coded Post-it notes, and moving them around until he’s happy with the result. Throughout this practical module, Lindsay constantly draws on his own experience, resulting in an engaging account of a potentially dry subject…. Continue reading →
the round is a new model for ELT publishing that I founded with Luke Meddings. It’s based on three principles: we want it to be great for educators, fair for authors – and we want it to be a learning environment. Since we began in 2011 we have published seven titles from new and established… Continue reading →
Six Things was a blog project that ran from 2008 until 2010. There are more than a hundred posts on this blog, each post being a collection of six things. Subtitled a miscellany of ELT, Six Things covered methodology, language awareness, teaching ideas, guest blogposts from the most well-known methodologists in the field and lots… Continue reading →