Pavilion ELT

27/06/2024

This month, we have been celebrating ETpedia Vocabulary and ETpedia Grammar! To finish off the month, we asked ETpedia Vocabulary co-author Julie Moore (Jules' Words) to share her favourite tip, activity and idea from the book. You can watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PahpfirDso4

It is also your last chance to save 30% on ETpedia Vocabulary! Get your copy before the end of June: https://pavpub.com/pavilion-elt/teaching-english/etpedia-vocabulary

24/06/2024

How has vocabulary changed in the last 10 years? In this special blog post to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the ETpedia series, ETpedia Vocabulary co-author Julie Moore (Jules' Words) thought it would be interesting to look back at some of the new words and shifts in language that we’ve seen over the past decade. Here, she shares 10 new words from the last 10 years: https://www.modernenglishteacher.com/10-new-words-in-10-years-of-etpedia

Are there any other words you would add? Let us know!

This year we’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of the ETpedia series and it’s 5 years since the publication of ETpedia Vocabulary.

21/06/2024

Not long left to save 30% on ETpedia Vocabulary and ETpedia Grammar as part of our 10 years of ETpedia celebrations! Sale runs until the end of June, so don't miss out.

Both books offer 500 practical tips and ideas for you to dive into. If you are new to teaching, they will support you on your way, or if you’re an experienced teacher, they will remind you of techniques and activities you haven’t used in a while and offer you fresh new ideas to increase your repertoire.

Shop ETpedia here: https://pavpub.com/pavilion-elt/etpedia-series

19/06/2024

English grammar can be a real challenge for teachers and learners alike, but ETpedia Grammar offers 500 practical tips and ideas to help!

Here, co-author Daniel Barber shares some of his favourite things from the book, to celebrate 10 years of the ETpedia series!

Don't forget, you can get 30% off ETpedia Grammar until the end of June... Get yours here: https://pavpub.com/pavilion-elt/etpedia-series/etpedia-grammar

10/06/2024

There are over 600,000 word families in English, but students don’t need to learn all of them. In this vlog, Damien Herlihy dives into ETpedia Vocabulary to explore how you can select the right vocabulary to teach in the classroom: https://www.modernenglishteacher.com/how-to-pick-the-best-vocab-for-your-class-in-ten-easy-steps

07/06/2024

For June only, get 30% off ETpedia Vocabulary and ETpedia Grammar as part of our 10 years of ETpedia celebrations!

ETpedia Vocabulary offers 500 practical ideas for teaching vocabulary in the English language classroom. Order yours for just £28 here: https://pavpub.com/pavilion-elt/teaching-english/etpedia-vocabulary

ETpedia Grammar is a one-stop resource with 500 ideas for teaching English language grammar. Order yours for just £28 here: https://pavpub.com/pavilion-elt/etpedia-series/etpedia-grammar

05/06/2024

It is a new month, which means it is a new celebration for the ten year anniversary of the ETpedia series! This month we have double the fun, as we are celebrating both ETpedia Grammar and ETpedia Vocabulary. Look out for videos from Daniel Barber (ETpedia Grammar co-author) and Julie Moore (ETpedia Vocabulary co-author) throughout the month, as well as a fantastic discount!

Make sure you are signed up to the Pavilion ELT newsletter for an exclusive sample from both books later in the month too! Sign up here: https://news.pavpub.com/l/124/etpedia10

18/05/2024

It is your last chance to sign up for our online festival of ELT starting on Tuesday! Join us for nine fantastic sessions across three days, with speakers including Kirsten Holt, Chris Roland, Jill Hadfield, Carol Read, Jon Hird, Alan Maley, Sharon Ahlquist, Varinder Unlu and Carol Lethaby. Tickets cost just £10, and give you access to any of the live sessions you would like to join, as well as all nine recordings.

We hope to see you there! Find out more and sign up here: https://learn.pavpub.com/is-the-future-perfect-may-2024/

17/05/2024

Finding, selecting, and adapting materials to supplement coursebooks and design more engaging lessons can be a really time-consuming task, and the results may not be as good as we expect. In this vlog, Rubens Heredia shares 5 tips to create more effective materials for your English lessons: https://www.modernenglishteacher.com/5-tips-to-create-materials-for-your-english-lessons

13/05/2024

Not long left to sign up for our three, day online festival of ELT next week! On the 3rd and final day, the programme will include:
- Creating a lesson around a short story – Sharon Ahlquist
- Teachers as Eco-activists – Alan Maley
- Addressing inequality in the ELT industry – Carol Lethaby

Book your place here: https://learn.pavpub.com/is-the-future-perfect-may-2024/

10/05/2024

We are excited to share the line up for Day 2 for our upcoming, online event, 'Is the Future Perfect? 2024'. Don't miss:
- Redesigning interactive activities for the twenty first century – Jill Hadfield
- What’s it mean it’s different, spoken grammar? – Jon Hird
- So, how can we get our teaching of teenagers to the next level? – Chris Roland

Find out more and sign up here: https://learn.pavpub.com/is-the-future-perfect-may-2024/

08/05/2024

Have you booked your place yet for our event this month, 'Is the Future Perfect? 2024'? On Day 1, the programme includes:
- Future-proofing young children’s language learning through stories – Carol Read
- ELT – Inclusion 2024 – how far have we come? – Varinder Unlu
- Who’s teaching who? – Kirsten Holt, from Creativity Sown

Find out more and sign up here: https://learn.pavpub.com/is-the-future-perfect-may-2024/

02/05/2024

It is a new month, which means we are focusing on a different title in the ETpedia series, as part of our 10 years of ETpedia celebrations!

Throughout May, you can save an incredible 50% on our book of the month, ETpedia Technology! Get 500 ideas for using technology in the classroom for just £18.50...

Order yours now: https://pavpub.com/pavilion-elt/etpedia-series/etpedia-technology

01/05/2024

Ten reasons you should make sure you've got your ticket for 'Is the Future Perfect? 2024'...

1 - Is the Future Perfect is a fully online event, which means wherever you are in the world, you can join us!
2 - It will take place across three days with nine different sessions, which means there is loads for you to explore and learn.
3 - It will cover a wide range of different topics, including equality, AI, young learners, teenagers, using stories, the environment, spoken grammar and communication games.
4 - We've got an incredible set of speakers: Carol Read, Varinder Unlu, Kirsten Holt, Jill Hadfield, Jon Hird, Chris Roland, Sharon Ahlquist, Alan Maley and Carol Lethaby.
5 - All the sessions will encourage you to get involved, and will equip you with practical tips, ideas and activities to go away and use in your own teaching.
6 - It will be a great opportunity to connect with other teaching professionals across the world online.
7 - You will exclusive discounts on books by Pavilion ELT.
8 - As well as the nine live sessions, you will also receive the recordings of all the sessions, that you can catch up on or watch back in your own time.
9 - It is the perfect opportunity to focus on professional development for yourself or your team.
10 - All of this, including the recordings, for just £10!

Book your place here: https://learn.pavpub.com/is-the-future-perfect-may-2024/

30/04/2024

Out now: Teaching Young Language Learners Through Stories!

In this book, Sharon Ahlquist encourages teachers to make more extensive and creative use of stories and fiction with young learners in the second language classroom by providing practical tools supported by theoretical background.

Order yours now: https://pavpub.com/pavilion-elt/teaching-english/teaching-young-language-learners-through-stories

25/04/2024

We are so pleased to welcome Varinder Unlu to the programme for our three-day, online festival of ELT this May!

Equality, diversity and inclusion are words that have become fashionable over the past decade. They are used in almost every presentation, every school has an EDI policy, and staff are asked to attend EDI training. Everyone and every school is inclusive. Or are they? What are we doing to ensure that we are fully inclusive and diverse in our everyday practices? In this session, Varinder will be answering these questions and much more, so you will leave feeling inspired and with ideas to implement in your teaching practice or your school.

Find out more and sign up here: https://learn.pavpub.com/is-the-future-perfect-may-2024/

23/04/2024

We are delighted to welcome the wonderful Chris Roland back as a speaker for our online festival of ELT, 'Is the Future Perfect? 2024'!

In this pre-recorded, yet dynamic, session Chris Roland will highlight ways to take your teens teaching forward whilst navigating areas that have traditionally caused difficulty, including teacher mindset, language acquisition and learner behaviour.

Find out more and sign up here: https://learn.pavpub.com/is-the-future-perfect-may-2024/

22/04/2024

What are Lindsay Clandfield's favourite ideas from ETpedia Materials Writing? Here, he shares 10 ideas for creating resources using songs! Have you got any other ideas you would add?

Don't forget that you can order ETpedia Materials Writing for just £26 until the end of April here: https://pavpub.com/pavilion-elt/etpedia-series/etpedia-materials-writing

19/04/2024

A bad observation can damage both the teacher and the observer. So how can they be improved? In this vlog, Damien Herlihy dives into ETpedia Teaching Training to suggest 10 things you can do before and during the observation to prevent disaster.

Watch now: https://www.modernenglishteacher.com/ten-ways-to-improve-your-teaching-observation

17/04/2024

Out now: Elementary Communication Games 2.0 by Jill Hadfield!

The Communication Games 2.0 series is the new generation of the popular Communication Games series. It provides a wealth of activities to help teachers get the most out of their learners in speaking tasks, and is designed to help them put the fun back into learning in meaningful and motivational ways. The games and activities in this book have been specially written for beginners and elementary language learners at CEFR A1–A2 level, and can be used both in face-to-face and online classrooms.

Order yours now: https://pavpub.com/pavilion-elt/communication-skills/elementary-communication-games-2-0

16/04/2024

Share your favourite tips in our IATEFL competition!

Modern English Teacher Editor and ETpedia contributor Robert McLarty is currently speaking at about the importance of sharing tips and ideas with others. Whether you are attending his talk or not, we would love to hear your best tips for teaching grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.

Comment below with your tips for any of the areas above before midnight BST on Wednesday, and you will be entered into our competition! The best tip in each category will win a 4 month digital subscription to MET.

Good luck!

16/04/2024

Do you create your own materials? Here, Lindsay Clandfield, co-author of ETpedia Materials Writing, tells us more about the book and why it is so useful.

You can save 30% on ETpedia Materials Writing until the end of April at https://pavpub.com/pavilion-elt/etpedia-series/etpedia-materials-writing

15/04/2024

Are you attending in Brighton this week? If so, don't miss:
Robert McLarty, Editor of Modern English Teacher, at 12.35 on Tuesday in Syndicate 3 (Brighton Centre), for his talk: 'We've all been there!'. He will be sharing useful tips from ETpedia and other sources, and exploring why other teachers are such a valuable resource.

Jill Hadfield, author of the brand new Elementary Communication Games 2.0, at 14.15 on Wednesday in Auditorium 1 (Brighton Centre), for her talk: 'Games and the green world: constraints, creativity and language play'. She will explore how games can use constraints to encourage creativity, alongside examples from the new generation of Communication Games books.

Chris Roland, author of the Understanding Teenagers and Structuring Fun books, at 17.05 on Thursday in Charlotte (The Grand Hotel) for his workshop: 'Key questions to ask ourselves when teaching teenagers'. He will be exploring important questions and ideas from his upcoming book, Taking Your Language Teaching of Teens to the Next Level.

Plus, look out for talks by other fantastic authors including Sheila Thorn, Carol Lethaby, John Hughes, Danny Norrington-Davies, Richard Chinn and many more! And remember, you can purchase Pavilion ELT books from the BEBC bookshop at stand 50. If you are attending, have a wonderful event!

12/04/2024

It is your last chance to order Elementary Communication Games 2.0 at our special pre-order price, before it goes to full price on Monday!

We are so excited that the first book in the new generation of the popular Communication Games series by Jill Hadfield is almost here, pre-order yours now: https://pavpub.com/pavilion-elt/communication-skills/elementary-communication-games-2-0

11/04/2024

Attending IATEFL 2024 next week in Brighton? You can pick up all of our Pavilion ELT titles at the BEBC bookshop, at Stand 50! This includes our two brand new titles which will be published next week: Elementary Communication Games 2.0 and Teaching Young Language Learners Through Stories. You can be the first to get your hands on these, and shop the rest of our bookshop at Stand 50.

Take a look at our online bookshop here: https://pavpub.com/pavilion-elt

10/04/2024

Coming this month: Teaching Young Language Learners Through Stories by Sharon Ahlquist!

In this new addition to the Teaching English series, Sharon Ahlquist encourages teachers to make more extensive and creative use of stories and fiction in the second language classroom. She explores key genres of stories and provides practical tools for using them, supported by theoretical background.

Pre-order yours now: https://pavpub.com/pavilion-elt/teaching-english/teaching-young-language-learners-through-stories

03/04/2024

It is a new month, which means we are celebrating a different ETpedia! This month we are looking at ETpedia Materials Writing, which is a complete reference guide to writing English materials by John Hughes and Lindsay Clandfield.

Make sure you are signed up to our newsletter to receive an exclusive sample with 10 ideas from ETpedia Materials Writing later this month, as well as samples from both ETpedia and ETpedia Pronunciation! Sign up here: https://news.pavpub.com/l/124/etpedia10

Plus, throughout April you can purchase ETpedia Materials Writing for just £26, saving 30%! Order yours here: https://pavpub.com/pavilion-elt/etpedia-series/etpedia-materials-writing