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!
This proposal details a 20-hour course spread over three days. Its aim is to improve the general research and writing skills of Masters/PhD students. Specifically, students will improve their skills in:
Referencing and synthesizing
The features of academic writing
Critical thinking
Writing an effective literature review
In addition, students will receive one-to-one support and feedback on the work they have produced so far.
The course could be delivered as a pre-sessional or in-sessional course.
In this package, you will receive:
Course Outline
Scheme of Work
Session plans
Word and PowerPoint templates
A fun, interactive presentation on those English consonant sounds that cause a problem for your Spanish-speaking students. With several videos, activities, links to further resources, and a supplementary worksheet on accent reduction, this is a complete, self-contained lesson that is great fun to teach.
A full and complete, approx. 2-hour lesson on Second Language Acquisition.
Includes:
Full and detailed lesson plan
Fun interactive PowerPoint
Six group activities
Two videos
Links to further resources
Suitable for trainee teachers and linguistics students. The presentation serves as a nice overview of the main theories of Second Language Acquisition, while the activities encourage students to explore each theory in practice and what each theory implies is the nature of language itself.
A full Introduction to Linguistics course, with over 30 separate resources, including 15 worksheets and activities, 7 interactive and fun PowerPoints, and 6 videos!
This package includes:
A complete 12-week Scheme of Work
Detailed session plans for weeks 1, 3, 4 and 5
ALL materials for weeks 1, 3, 4 and 5
Full assessment descriptions (exam and presentation) with criteria
Example assessment answers
A fantastic package for any school/college/university that teaches linguistics.
A full 2 to 3-hour lesson that introduces language classification and language change, as an introduction to linguistics more widely. Includes four activities, a fun interactive PowerPoint, a video, and links to further resources. Also includes a full lesson plan. Ideal for undergraduate students or students encountering linguistics for the first time.
An exam for students of introductory linguistics. A total of 8 questions cover some of the main areas of linguistics:
Language classification
Language change
Morphology (including word classes and word building)
Syntax (including complements and word order)
Phonetics
Could work as either a summative assessment or an initial diagnostic.
A self-contained lesson on interlanguage and interference in Second Language Acquisition. Includes:
A full and detailed lesson plan
A fun, interactive PowerPoint
A group task for students
A fun presentation intorduces the topic and leads into an extended group task, in which students investigate areas of interference in an L2 and produce a poster, which they present.
Suitable for teacher trainees, students of linguistics, and general language learners.
A full assessment description, including assessment criteria and detailed descriptions of two example presentations, this is ideal if you need an end-of-course assessment activity.
In individuals or groups, students describe a language they know or are learning in terms of the linguistic areas they have learned about (phonetics, syntax, morphology, etc). They present their language to their tutors.
A ready-made assessment for any introductory linguistics or languages course.
Students analyze up to seven product presentations, looking for the good and bad points of each. A really fun activity, with several funny infomercials, Dragons’ Den, and other product-showcasing examples. Leads to a class discussion, with a supplementary reference sheet to take home. A nice introduction to marketing or mid-course supplementary material for a business-related module. Also great for assessment preparation when students are creating or pitching a product.
A Reflective Essay Assessment in which students reflect on a groupwork task.
This package includes:
Full assessment description
Assessment criteria and marksheet
An 8-page mini-workbook to help students analyze the structure of a reflective essay and learn about reflection
A complete and readymade assessment. Particularly suitable for international students on pre-sessional or in-sessional courses.
A listening skills activity for students going on to study at college or university. Particularly suitable for international students whose first language is not English. The activity focuses on listening for both gist and detail, and the lecture itself is authentic. Full answers provided.
Students match research vocabulary terms with their definitions in this fun, cut-out activity. Serves as a nice revision activity or mid-course reminder. Ideal for pre-sessional or in-sessional students exploring research skills.
Full answers provided.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
An interactive presentation about how we can describe the English language linguistically (including by geography, history, number of speakers, modern versus older forms of English, etc), with three accompanying class activities. Over two hours’ worth of material. Suitable for university students on English language/linguistics/EFL courses.
In pairs or groups, students investigate three types of English accent (“Mockney”, “Valley Girl” and “Vocal Fry”), using the videos provided and their own research, before reporting back to the class their findings. Includes prompt questions. Suitable for English language learners or students of English language and linguistics.