SpellingWorks and other books from the past…
I often think of those jokey, cartoony ESOL books from the 80s, because for me they were such fun. Was it just that I was new to teaching, or was there something about teaching English with Streamline and Contact English? Of course, when I wanted to find examples of Contact English recently, I couldn’t, though we still have the wallcharts at work. … Continue reading
The ESL Small Publishers Independent Network: ESL-SPIN
If you’re interested in books written by other Australian EAL/ESOL teachers, look out for the ESL-SPIN table at your next event, and come and say hello to some members of the ESL Small Publishers Independent Network. We’re all long-term teachers and writers, creating the resources we’d like to use ourselves… then being challenged by the need to let people know about … Continue reading
Which ESL Extras book do you read first?
I got a lovely comment recently from a teacher asking which book follows Six Stories from Hope Street, so I thought I’d list the ESL Extras reading books in order of difficulty, starting from the easiest… Prelim and literacy Welcome to Hope Street (Prelim) is a ‘prequel’ to the Hope Street stories, specifically for preliminary or literacy learners who are … Continue reading
“ESL books that sound like we do”: a new review
I have a lovely new review from Amanda Kendle, on her Not a Ballerina travel blog, called ‘Learning English in Australia: ESL books that sound like we do‘. Here she’s describing Six Stories from Hope Street: They are simple (and all told only in simple past tense) but manage to be interesting – very tricky to achieve! There are stories of late … Continue reading
Thoughts from an ESL Bookseller: Annie Folk
Annie Folk has run the Language Centre Bookshop in Perth since 1982. I had the chance to chat to her what got her started and what keeps her going. So Annie, how did you get into the bookselling business? In 1982, there were no language bookshops in Perth. We had to order books from Sydney. So it seemed like a … Continue reading
