More Australian Grammar from Helga Burry
Back in 2016, I talked to Helga Burry about her first book: Let’s Connect: An Australian ESL Grammar Workbook. It’s been a little wait, but at last, Let’s Connect: Book 2 has just come out, so I thought I’d interview Helga and ask her about the new book. (Full disclosure: I saw a draft during her writing process, but only saw … Continue reading
Australian ESL resources: What’s free?
THIS POST IS OUT OF DATE: UPDATED IN NOV 2023! In my last interview with Natalie Nawrocki (Kim Loves Life) I thought how great it was to be able to say, ‘This is a free ESL resource’. Now I know as well as you do that I can search online for ‘free ESL resources’ and find a gazillion worksheets. … Continue reading
Kim Loves Life: a free ESOL health resource
Natalie Nawrocki is another ESL teacher-and-writer; when I first met her at a conference, she said she was ‘working on something’. I now know that the ‘something’ was Kim Loves Life, a free-to-download reader and workbook, available on the Djerriwarrh Community & Education Services (DC&ES) website. Kim Loves Life was ‘inspired by one woman’s experience of breast cancer and getting treatment’. … Continue reading
Workwise English Puzzles: looking at ‘workwise’ language
It took a year to produce, but finally Workwise English Puzzles is out and available in language bookshops! Like Extra Easy Puzzles, this book stemmed from my wish to create the kind of puzzles you might find in magazines. However, this time, I wanted to acknowledge the pre-employment English focus for so many of our lower intermediate to intermediate learners. … Continue reading
Beach Safety: the ESOL resource list
THIS POST HAS NOW HAD A BIG UPDATE! PLEASE SEE MY OCTOBER 2025 POST FOR DETAILS! Not long ago I talked to Hazel Davidson, about her new EAL resource from Sugarbag on Damper, The Sea, in the sea, on the sea, at the seaside. I wanted to do a list of beach safety resources, discovered that AusELT already had one … Continue reading
