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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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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 know authors who started writing for publishers without any prior knowledge of the ELT publishing process. They have become successful writers and have written flagship courses. But those writers started out years ago, when schedules were generous and there was time to train new talent. Sadly, those days are long gone. Don’t get me
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When I look for new writing talent among teachers, I like to see what they’ve been creating for their own students and other teachers. These days, this is really easy as most teachers who make their own materials share them in teachers’ groups, on their websites or fan pages. I’ve seen plenty of self-made content,
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LinkedIn has this odd feature called ‘People Also Viewed.’ These people are selected based on common key words used in profiles, connections, skills, endorsements, past jobs, etc., so essentially, they’re your competitors. Do you really want a potential client to leave your profile and go check out your competition? Nah, I didn’t think so. Here’s
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Have you ever tried searching for an ELT writing or editing job on LinkedIn? Did you manage to find anything? When most people search for jobs on LinkedIn, they go to the Jobs tab, which is only natural, right? But in the case of freelancers, especially ones in our industry, there aren’t that many jobs
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Here’s an infographic summarizing my advice on ways to get noticed by an ELT publisher (for aspiring writers).
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A few weeks ago, an English teacher reached out to me on LinkedIn asking for writing work. I didn’t know this person, so I checked their profile, but it was empty. Google didn’t provide any information either. I asked them why they thought I should give them a job and they said, ‘Because I want
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