Displaying EAL resources: An inspiring library example
When I created Tabletop English (a set of printable games and activities), I assumed that teachers would browse through and print out what they needed, as they needed it. Which is fine, but what about a centre or a college with multiple lecturers? How can they make sure there’s not an excess of printing, or that communal copies don’t disappear … Continue reading
ESOL reviews and reviewing
A new review of Workwise English Quizzes and some thoughts on reviewing ESOLresources… Continue reading
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
The Language Centre bookshop: now in North Perth!
[QUICK TIP: If you’re simply wanting to contact Annie, her phone number is 0407 386 453. Her website is https://languag1.wixsite.com/language-centre] There’s a sign ready to go up at Annie Folk’s new North Perth bookshop, “The Language Centre: Serving Perth since 1982.” That’s a lot of book-selling experience. I interviewed Annie back in 2013, but in 2014 she had to close down … Continue reading
Explaining ESL Extras: a video experiment
Can video offer a quick introduction when you can’t get to an ESL bookstore? I often get questions from teachers and volunteer tutors about the ESL Extras readers: I’m nowhere near a bookshop – what do the books look like? How do you use them? What are the levels, exactly? What’s this ‘Beginner B’? How does your prelim ‘literacy’ reader work? … Continue reading
