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Australian ESL materials for adults and young adults
2022 Aug 10

Book reviews: receiving, writing, teaching…

Doing a happy dance over a review of two of my word search books in the TESOLANZ news. (That’s TESOL Aotearoa New Zealand, of course.) It’s a delightful review and so nice to have, but it also reminded me of just how invaluable the newsletters and journals from our professional bodies are – and how democratic! My word puzzle fun (Easy … Continue reading

2020 Jul 22

ESOL reviews and reviewing

ESOL reviews and reviewing - a new review of Workwise English Quizzes

A new review of Workwise English Quizzes and some thoughts on reviewing ESOLresources… Continue reading

2020 Feb 12

Workwise English Quizzes: a review

Shows the cover of Workwise English Quizzes and the Fine Print Review

A new review of Workwise English Quizzes in Fine Print (the VALBEC journal). Continue reading

2019 Jun 10

Workwise English Puzzles: A ‘Fine Print’ review

I’m almost ready to launch Workwise English Quizzes, but my goodness, everything takes longer than I expected… Meanwhile I have the excuse for a blog post, as I had a Fine Print review for Workwise English Puzzles. (Fine Print is the VALBEC journal – that’s the Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council.) I know not everyone worries about reviews, … Continue reading

2018 Nov 12

Workwise English Puzzles: one more review!

I know – my last post was a review of Workwise English Puzzles – and now, here’s another.  This time it’s the WATESOL Newsletter (October 2018), where Eva Law-Davis has written about Workwise English Puzzles, and I have some more ‘hooray’ thoughts: Not just SEE and AMEP… My first big ‘hooray’ is that she can see the value for EALD … Continue reading

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