creative projects
These are some of the ongoing creative initiatives coordinated by some of the C Group members.
BritLit was originally established in Portugal to help teachers in secondary schools to work effectively with the extended reading texts (short stories) in the national curriculum. Since then it has become a global resource and offers access to texts and supporting material for the whole school range of English language teaching.
Coordinator: Fitch O'Connell Website: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/britlit |
The Asia Teacher-Writer Group was founded 2003. It aims to foster the use of creative forms of writing as part of the teaching of English, in the belief that the affective dimension needs development alongside the cognitive; to produce published materials written by Asian teachers for Asian students, in the belief that all too much of what is available on the international market is culturally or otherwise unsuitable in Asian contexts.
Coordinators: Alan Maley and Tan Bee Tin Website: http://flexiblelearning.auckland.ac.nz/cw |
The ELT Online Reading Group is an electronic version of a face-to-face reading group. The Group was created in 2007, with the support of the British Council, to encourage ELT professionals and TESOL students to read literature in English, as well as promote professional development and intercultural competence through the discussion of works literature.
Coordinator: Chris Lima Website: http://eltreadinggroup.weebly.com/ |
The Fair List, UK. There are many kinds of excellence in ELT. Some of these are rewarded. For innovation in ELT, for example, we have the ELTons. For those who write good books we have, the Ben Warren Trust, the English Speaking Union and the Extensive Reading Foundation awards. The Fair List celebrates excellence of a different kind; the achievement of gender balance in plenary speakers, presenters or speaker panels at ELT events, annually, in the UK .
Coordinator: Tessa Woodward Website: http://thefairlist.org/ |
Lessonstream was launched in 2011 and contains almost 100 lesson plans, most of which make use of online visual materials, especially video. The activities are aimed at teachers who teach English as well as teachers who teach other subjects in English. Content is published with a Creative Commons license which means that others are free to remix and republish the work for non-profit purposes.
Coordinator: Jamie Keddie Website: http://lessonstream.org/ |
eLesson Inspirations
Short videos to make your students think, and practical ideas for using them in the classroom. With lessons built around these clips, your students can learn English and explore real-world issues. Coordinator: Global Issues SIG Website: http://gisig.iatefl.org/elesson-inspirations |
The Easier English wiki
New Internationalist was
started in 2012 as a free
collection of simplified
articles about global justice,
from the co-operative New
Internationalist. It now has
hundreds of articles, which
are added to every month;
and, for teachers, over fifty Ready Lessons, and many
quizzes, infographics and other teaching ideas.
Coordinator: Linda Ruas
Website: http://eewiki.newint.org/index.php/Main_Page
New Internationalist was
started in 2012 as a free
collection of simplified
articles about global justice,
from the co-operative New
Internationalist. It now has
hundreds of articles, which
are added to every month;
and, for teachers, over fifty Ready Lessons, and many
quizzes, infographics and other teaching ideas.
Coordinator: Linda Ruas
Website: http://eewiki.newint.org/index.php/Main_Page
