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ELT Materials Writer

Welcome! My name's John Hughes and this is a collection of my blog posts and videos with tips about writing your own ELT materials. To explore, choose a topic from the menu, browse through posts, or search key words at the bottom.

  • Analysing material
  • Audio scripts
  • Becoming a writer
  • Business English
  • Course books
  • ETpedia Materials Writing
  • Exercises
  • Gamelike
  • Images
  • Level
  • Planning
  • Reading
  • Reviews
  • Teacher’s books
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Author: John Hughes ELT

John Hughes is a teacher trainer and ELT course book author. His titles include Life (National Geographic Learning) and Business Result (Oxford University Press). He is also the series editor for the ETpedia resources (www.myetpedia.com).

Creating Accessible Learning Materials

Originally posted on Emily Bryson ELT:
Every student is different and as teachers and writers we embrace their diversity and support their…

Level, context and flow in materials writing

This article has been updated and adapted from my post which originally appeared on the English Language Teaching blog of … More

Business English materials writing and reflecting learner needs

This article is adapted from a summary of a webinar I gave for IATEFL’s Materials Writing Special Interest Group which … More

Business English

Ten steps towards developing your skills as a materials writer

I originally published this article with the title ‘Making the leap’ in English Teaching Professional, (113), November, 2017. Classroom materials … More

10 tips on writing effective rubrics

This article first appeared in Modern English Teacher in 2016 and was adapted from my book with Lindsay Clandfield, ‘ETpedia … More

Do-it-yourself materials writing and self-publishing

This article first appeared in Modern English Teacher, 23 (2), April, 2014 so it’s a little dated in parts but still … More

The inexact science of adapting an authentic reading text

Most teachers and materials writers use written texts from a variety of authentic sources. A CLIL or EAP teacher, for … More

Working ‘with’ the course book, not ‘for’ the course book.

In the past I’ve given talks to teachers about how to use my course book ‘Life’ effectively with students. One … More

Course books, materials, relationships

Creating crosswords

Here are some tips on creating crosswords and writing the clues. You can also use three of the crosswords shown … More

crosswords, self-study, vocabulary

Planning the aims of your material

A ten-minute talk in which I share some ideas on planning goals, aims and objective so that the writing process … More

aims, Goals, objectives, Planning

Creating board games

Here’s a 5 minute video tip on writing and creating board games. After you have watched you might also want … More

board games, photocopiable, resources

What is ETpedia Materials Writing?

I wrote ETpedia Materials Writing with Lindsay Clandfield. Here’s what the publisher Pavilion ELT says about it on its website: … More

Ten ways to analyse an authentic text

The ability to take an authentic text and be able to turn it into something which you can use for … More

authentic, discourse, register, text analysis

Writing a realistic script

Balancing a script for audio or video with real features of speech and the need for the level to be … More

audio, dialogues, real speech, scripts

ETpedia Materials Writing Book Review

The following book review of ETpedia Materials Writing was written by Brian Brennan and first appeared in Modern English Teacher Issue 28 … More

book reviews, ETpedia

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