Atena Juszko, ELT Editor | Writer | Project Manager
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 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
Sentence Transformations B1: Part II (Egzamin Ósmoklasisty: parafraza zdań) Read More »
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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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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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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