Atena Juszko, ELT Editor | Writer | Project Manager
A lot of us make a list of New Year’s resolutions, but have you thought of resolutions for your business? Yes, even if you’re a solopreneur you still run a business and this might be the time to think of your New Year business goals. 1 Earnings Do you know how much you need to […]
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The end of the year is near which for me is a time when I reflect on the projects I worked on, the hours I spent working, and the amount of money I earned. It’s also the time when I start gathering documents for my accountant, so that he can prepare my tax return. I’m
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I’ve been working in ELT publishing for around 15 years now and the way I track my workload has always been the same regardless of my employment status (employee or freelancer). I’ve always used an Excel spreadsheet which you can see below. I got the template from an in-house digital project manager that I worked
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It’s been almost half a year since my last post – the one on six things I’ve learned from being a freelancer during a pandemic. I was really hoping that I wouldn’t need to write an update to that post. Unfortunately, the situation now is quite similar to where we were then. Many countries are
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Freelancing is a risky business at the best of times, add to that a pandemic and we now have many freelancers in dire straits. Publishing houses have had to re-think their strategies and change publishing plans, which has led to many projects being put on hold or cancelled. As a result, many clients have suspended
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This post was written by guest writer Dorothy Zemach. Dorothy taught English, French, and Japanese for over 25 years in Asia, Africa, and the US. She holds an MA in TESL from the School for International Training in Vermont, USA. An author of over 20 textbooks, she now concentrates on writing and editing English language
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This is the second ebook in the sentence transformation series. It’s been written with the Polish grade 8 exam in mind, but it can also help students prepare for secondary school exams, and Cambridge exams. This part focuses on so, such, what, how, too and enough. You can find the first part here. Download ebook
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Jayne Wildman has been involved in ELT for 30 years. She first started teaching children and teenagers in 1988. After teaching in Spain, Italy and the UK, Jayne spent several years in Oxford as an editor, before she began authoring her own books. Her first book was published in 2002, and since then she has
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I’ve never been into writing early-primary materials, but since I’ve been helping my kindergartner with her home-learning, this age group has grown on me. Inspired by a book that my daughter’s teacher asked her class to read (‘Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt’), I put together this nature scavenger hunt. My daughter
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Whether you’ve been working from home for years, or you’ve just started working remotely due to the Covid-19 pandemic, being away from an office and co-workers comes with a whole set of challenges. I’ve asked some of my publishing colleagues for their top working from home tips and they’ve come back with some great advice.
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