ELTons 2013
Lesson Share
See how established ELT authors started their careers right here on onestopenglish!
Grammar: Can you do it?
Lindsay Clandfield's winning lesson practises the modal verb can (ability) using a game of questions.
Reading: Graded reader blind date
Alex Case's winning lesson introduces students to graded readers through speaking and personalization, allowing them to find out about each others' tastes in books.
Speaking: Adopt Ivan
This winning lesson by Daniel Barber gives students practice in offering opinions, agreeing and disagreeing.
Writing: Controlled narrative writing
Jackie McAvoy wins the competition with a lesson that presents and practises narrative writing.
A little inspiration
A word from our authors
Jamie Keddie, Lindsay Clandfield and Adrian Tennant talk about writing for onestopenglish.
Getting started
Making proposals to ELT publishers
You want to break into materials writing for ELT, but you have no contacts. One way to get your name and materials known is to send an unsolicited proposal to an ELT publisher. This can show what your ideas about teaching and learning are and what a great writer of classroom materials you are. This article aims to give some help in organizing unsolicited proposals.
Author of the month
Author of the month: Frances Marnie
Tell us a little about yourself
Authors of the month: Nicky Hockly and Gavin Dudeney
Co-authors of our Mobile English series, Nicky Hockly and Gavin Dudeney reveal all about their careers in English language teaching and writing. One of them has dabbled with stand-up comedy and the other used to be a technophobe – can you guess which?
Author of the month: Brian Boyd
Brian Boyd, author and creator Grammarman, reveals all about the origins of his correction-crusading superhero and life in bustling Bangkok. He also admits that although he’s a master illustrator, drawing diagrams on a whiteboard isn’t necessarily his strong point!
