Atena Juszko, ELT Editor | Writer | Project Manager
There’s no denying that teachers are underpaid and that also includes ESL teachers working in state schools. Many of them have to seek other sources of income which, in most cases, means more teaching. But not everyone wants to spend every waking hour of their day prepping lessons, instructing, marking, and so on. So, what […]
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Damian Williams is an author, writer and teacher trainer based in the UK. He has worked in Russia, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, UK, Argentina and Brazil. He has written several major books for Pearson and works as a Cambridge DELTA tutor and examiner. His current interests lie in exploiting the urban linguistic landscape as a language
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Inspired by Katherine Bilsborough’s post of the same title, I’ve decided to write my own day in the life post … as my day is slightly different. This is partly because I have small kids and only part-time childcare and partly because writing constitutes only around 40% of my work and the rest is content
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Katherine has worked in ELT for more than 30 years. She has published for a range of contexts and publishers. She writes blog posts and lesson plans for British Council Teaching English, and a monthly blog post for National Geographic Learning’s ‘In focus’ blog. Katherine is on the committee of IATEFL’s MaWSIG (Materials Writers Special
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I prepared this ‘Letter to Santa’ template last year for my own kids. They loved completing it and sending it to the North Pole. We’re doing the same this year. This template is an opportunity to look back on 2019, reflect on the good things and think about areas that we’d like to work on.
Emily Bryson is an ELT materials writer, teacher trainer and ESOL Lecturer. She has written digital and print materials for a number of organizations, including Macmillan Education, The British Council, ELTJam and Language Fuel. She has been teaching ESOL at City of Glasgow College since 2007 and in that time has taught all levels and
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I LOVE planning. I plan my workload, my blog posts, my kids’ activities, their school lunches, our dinners … Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find a planner that would allow me to plan everything that I need to stay sane, so … I decided to create my own printable planning pages. Today, I’m sharing
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This is a set of 20 back to school flashcards with labels. Two flashcards per one A4 page. The set includes the following vocabulary items: paper clip, pencil, notebook, backpack, calculator, pencil case, blackboard, chalk, marker, school, globe, pupil, pen, textbook, scissors, rubber, ruler, teacher, glue, paint. These flashcards were made in Canva. If you’d
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Adrianna Krajewska is an ESL teacher and ELT author from Poland. She has written materials for Oxford University Press and local publishing houses. She is the author of numerous national language competitions, Secondary School test books, teachers’ guides and articles for education magazines in Poland. When did you first know that you wanted to be
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I made this template for my 5-year-old daughter who is starting school (Kindergarten) in September. My plan is to slightly update the template every year as she develops and her writing gets better. I’m going to keep all these worksheets in a binder of memories of her school years. I’ll be adding photos, report cards,
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