Category Archives: Writing ELT textbooks and materials

Interview- TEFL Hero Jon Marks on the life of a full-time TEFL writer

Posted on 31/12/2009 by alexcase

It’s been a while since I’ve used the TEFL hero category, and I’ve even stripped some people of the honour (and Sandy MacManus has been pretty close a couple of times), but I’m glad I kept it going because Jon Marks deserves it for … Continue reading →

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ELT publishing trendspotter

Posted on 07/09/2009 by alexcase

New ways of getting content – Big publishers have been buying up books from smaller publishers (e.g. a couple from Helbling Languages ending up on CUP and Oxford buying up some business skills books) and even self-published books (I gave a … Continue reading →

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The secret to writing EFL textbooks

Posted on 29/07/2009 by alexcase

“Thanks to… McVities’ Jamaica Ginger Cake and PG Tips” From the contents pages to Innovations Pre-Intermediate by Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley. I’m missing one of those two, which is why I’m here knocking on people’s doors with my freebie worksheets like … Continue reading →

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Are there too few TEFL blogs?

Posted on 28/06/2009 by alexcase

This post is my first attempt at a reply to Karenne’s call for posts for a blog orgy for TEFL blogging noobs, which I am extending to include wannabees, thinkingaboutits and willfindthemselvesdoingitwithoutreallyplanningtos as well. Since my (half serious because I … Continue reading →

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Market Leader Lesson plans and worksheets

Posted on 21/04/2009 by alexcase

I’ve updated my Market Leader worksheets page so that all of the worksheets are available in PDF and Word formats. If anyone has any worksheets that you’ve used with these books (old or new editions) or links to other materials … Continue reading →

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Testing and reviewing new EFL materials – Can talking about TEFL books really be any use?

Posted on 21/11/2007 by alexcase

UPDATE: Whole page on TEFL reviews now here. When I think back on the many conversations I have had in the teachers’ room about English language textbooks, photocopiable resource books etc. over the years, I can remember quite a few … Continue reading →

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Emotican't, emotiwon't

Posted on 30/07/2007 by alexcase

You may have noticed that this blog is entirely emoticon free. Partly choice, partly old-fogey-beyond-my-years-ism. Couldn’t work out any of these either: 3:-o @>–> — ~(_8^(I)  

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