Here you will find a range of materials for English as a Foreign Language, English for Academic Purposes, linguistics, research skills, culture, teacher training, professional development, and more. My materials are interactive, fun, and have been tried and tested in the classroom. The products available range from activities to full lessons to complete courses. Please take a look!
Here you will find a range of materials for English as a Foreign Language, English for Academic Purposes, linguistics, research skills, culture, teacher training, professional development, and more. My materials are interactive, fun, and have been tried and tested in the classroom. The products available range from activities to full lessons to complete courses. Please take a look!
A fun collection of resources to develop professional and personal skills. Very adaptable for a variety of contexts: students, teachers, trainees, and employees.
Skills include:
Critical thinking
Debating
Digital competence
Leadership
Reflection
Groupwork
A huge number of linguistics resources all tied up in a bundle! From whole introductory courses, fun activities, innovative assessments, to cutting-edge module proposals. A perfect kickstart for any introductory linguistics course.
Do your Spanish students struggle with certain English phonemes? Are they frustrated by the sounds z, ʃ, and ʒ (among others…)?
Then use these fun resources to help them!
Everything you need for any English for Academic Purposes course! This huge bundle covers core topics, such as synthesising, referencing, selective reading, how to write a dissertation, listening to lectures, academic genre, and seminar skills. Also included are complete module and course proposals, with tailored assessments.
A range of resources for training modern teachers, with a particular focus on language teachers and their digital skills. This bundle also includes a full reflective post-training course.
Everything you need for any British Culture course: a range of activities involving the language, culture, education, and politics of the United Kingdom. Designed primarily for higher education, but could easily be adapted for lower levels.
Everything you need to start your Pre-Masters course!
This is a two-semester, one-year Masters-preparation course for international students coming to study for a Masters at an Anglophone university.
There are 5 fully developed modules covering all the skills students need for postgraduate study: Research Skills, Language Studies, Study Skills, Cultural Studies, and Independent Study.
Fully formatted and branded, this readymade course is perfect for course developers who need a fully developed course for their institution.
This complete package includes:
Course Summary
Module comparison
Marketing plan
Induction PowerPoint
Induction Schedule
Course meeting schedule
Information session for inter-department presentations
5 module Schemes of Work
Fully developed rationales for each module
Consistently formatted template documents (worksheet, PowerPoint, register, timetable)
8 complete assessments (including assessment descriptions and marking criteria)
An Excel marksheet with all assessment percentages encoded
This is a four-year degree proposal for a joint degree that combines foreign language learning, linguistics and a subject of the student’s choice. Students undertake core modules in linguistics, attend language classes (ab initio or above), and take electives in another subject. There are four exit points: Certificate (year one), Diploma (year two), BA/BSc (year three), and MA/MSc (year four). Includes module descriptions.
Perfect for course developers planning a new joint degree in languages.
Perfect if you are a course developer, this is a complete 37-page degree proposal for an undergraduate degree in languages and linguistics.
Includes:
Selling points of the degree
Entry requirements
Strands
Suggestions for cultural content
Module progression summary
Language strand summary
Two, three, or “split” year options
Semester(s) abroad option
PLUS 24 module descriptions across levels 4, 5 and 6
This highly flexible degree combines foreign language study, linguistics and vocational modules, and so would appeal to a huge range of students.
A detailed scheme of work for a 12-week course on basic linguistic analysis. Taking a descriptive linguistic approach, each week it introduces students to a different linguistic unit of analysis: segments, phonemes, morae, syllables, lexemes, word forms, phrases, and clauses.
Also includes further reading, assessment ideas and course aims, this is perfect if you need a quick outline for an introductory linguistics course for your students.
An outline of a 12-week Research Skills Course for pre-sessional students going on to study for their degrees.
This package includes:
Detailed scheme of work for the whole 12 weeks
Introductory PowerPoint that includes research scenarios
A rationale document explaining the ethos of the course
Perfect if you need a solid and proven research skills course outline at short notice.
Everything you need to jumpstart your own Pre-Sessional course!
This 10-week course is divided into two strands: Language and Research (research skills, English for Academic Purposes, academic reading and writing, listening to lectures, etc) and Academic Culture (higher education context, studying in the UK, British culture).
This package includes:
A fun Induction PowerPoint
Student details form
Attendance statement
Recommended reading list
Course Summary document
Full and complete Scheme of Work
Notes for Tutors on both strands of the course
Personal Tutorials PowerPoint introduction
Personal Tutorial documentation (appointment form, common questions, course feedback form)
Assessment Summary
Assessment descriptions
Full assessment criteria and marksheets
Template documents (worksheet, PowerPoint, timetable, register)
Marksheet Excel document with assessment percentages encoded
A fantastic package full of readymade documentation.
Students undertake primary research in a specific area of their field, using a questionnaire or interview. They then describe how the results of their questionnaire or interview relate to existing ideas and theories in this area of their field.
A fantastic first-time research project that is particularly suitable for international students on pre-sessionals and English for Academic Purposes courses.
Includes:
Full assessment description
Full assessment criteria and marksheet
A ready-made assessment that contains everything you need.
Students develop a research question, find and analyze three sources, and briefly describe their possible methodology for a future research project. Perfect for English for Academic Purposes students on pre-sessional courses, this is a ready-made assessment that contains everything you need.
Includes:
Full assessment description
Full assessment criteria and marksheet
Students have to change the genre of a text from informal to formal. Suitable for presessional EAP students focusing on research skills and academic language. Includes answers.
Students examine three short texts and decide which is the best example of synthesis. Full answers provided. Ideal for pre-sessional and pre-masters students exploring research skills.
A reference sheet that could be printed out as an A3 poster or used as an A4 worksheet. Summarises the differences between the methodology, results and discussion sections of an academic paper.
Perfect for English for Academic Purposes students on research skills courses, pre-sessionals and in-sessionals, etc.
A fun extended worksheet activity on easy ways of writing an introduction and conclusion. Perfect for research skills classes and English for Academic Purposes. Particularly suitable for international students going on to study for their Masters.
Full answers included.
A useful worksheet that helps students deconstruct abstracts. Perfect for research skills classes, pre-sessionals, in-sessionals, and English for Academic Purposes students.
A really useful collection of resources on dissertation writing. This package includes:
A fun PowerPoint summarising all sections of a typical dissertation (abstract, introduction, literature review, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, and appendices)
Two extended worksheets on how to write an abstract, introduction and conclusion
A reference guide for the methodology, results and discussion sections
Perfect for research skills classes, pre-sessionals, in-sessionals and study support. Particularly suitable for international students going on to study for their Masters.
