So how good is my day job that not long ago I had to attend a book launch at the City of Belmont library. There I saw the fabulous Taku Scrutton* enchanting a room full of school kids with a talk about her new book, Multicultural Me, which she wrote to ‘celebrate the cultural diversity and friendship of young people in Australia’. It’s … Continue reading
Free digital literacy resource kit from AMES Vic
I had an excellent time at the NEAS conference: lots and lots to think about and the happiness of catching up with materials writer Lilliana Hajncl, who was presenting on the FREE Digital literacy for mobile phones: Resource Kit that she developed with Dora Troupiotis – it’s free from the AMES Vic website, but I have to confess I’d never looked … Continue reading
More Carly and Kumar and ‘catching the reading bug’
I finally met up with Karen Slikas Barber and asked about her new book, More Carly and Kumar, from Read Me Again Press. Karen, you’ve got a new set of Carly and Kumar stories out – what inspired you to start writing again? My students were reading the Carly and Kumar stories, saying they were funny, then heading to the library … Continue reading
New ESL Easy Read ebooks
If you’re exploring the site and you’ve been here before, you’ll notice a couple of new ESL Easy Read ebooks. A Lady’s Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-32 is a (very) abridged version of an amazing 21-year old woman’s best-selling account of her journey to the Victorian Goldfields in 1852-53. The English Chip is a real-life-with-a-hint-of-fantasy story, … Continue reading
Old materials I LOVE… from the Situational English flip charts.
