Frigid contexts, LGBTQIA+
The title of this post comes from Joshua M. Paiz's insightful book, Queering the English Language Classroom: A Practical Guide for...
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Peter
- Apr 11
- 3 min
Preparation for IATEFL Harrogate
In a similar way to last year's post on preparation for IATEFL Belfast, I thought I'd do a similar one for Harrogate. It's a little...
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Peter
- Mar 23
- 1 min
Relax, Renew, Refresh
Working in DEI can be difficult. I'm sure the other DEI consultants that I know would agree. It's tiring. It's tiring to see your...
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Peter
- Sep 26, 2022
- 2 min
A is for...
I recently published my latest ELT resource, A is for... . Unfortunately, I published it on bisexual visibility day, so I felt a little...
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Peter
- Sep 19, 2022
- 4 min
ELT Freelancers Awayday 2022
On Friday 16th September, it was the welcome return of the ELT Freelancers Awayday, organised by ELT Publishing Professionals. This was...
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Peter
- Jun 15, 2022
- 2 min
Mid Pride Month
So, it's the middle of June and it's the middle of Pride month. I thought it was about time for a little blog post. This comes off the...
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Peter
- May 9, 2022
- 3 min
Preparation for IATEFL Belfast
As you may well know, I talk about many things on here, not just professional things, but personal too. It's my belief that by being...
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Peter
- Apr 5, 2022
- 2 min
Don't forget yourself
I intended to write this earlier today after my walk. It ended up being an emotional walk for reasons I shall explain. At first, I didn't...
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Peter
- Apr 4, 2022
- 2 min
A new lease
I feel energised. The responses I'm getting from my representative materials is wonderful. Honestly, the ELT community is fantastic. To...
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Peter
- Mar 30, 2022
- 2 min
Professional
Something came up today in my chat with Jane Ritter on Teachers Talk Radio and I could see from the comments that it's not just me that...
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Peter
- Mar 18, 2022
- 2 min
Daily life - resource
You might have seen yesterday that I released a new resource on my resources page here. I thought I would share some of the reasonings...
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Peter
- Mar 1, 2022
- 2 min
Women's history month 2022
It is Women's History Month 2022, leading towards International Women's Day on 8th March. In ELT materials, although I think the industry...
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Peter
- Feb 12, 2022
- 2 min
Reclaiming opportunities
This post was going to be called 'Missed opportunities'. Then I had second thoughts, because even if we miss opportunities, there are...
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Peter
- Feb 4, 2022
- 3 min
How to write inclusive materials: review
It has been remiss of me not to write about this book since its publication last year. Tyson Seburn, the contributors and the ELT Teacher...
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Peter
- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min
LGBTQ+ History month 2022
For LGBT+ History month 2022, I thought I would look back on progress in the ELT industry. Ten years ago, Tyson Seburn wrote a post...
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Peter
- Jan 24, 2022
- 1 min
Further work on Taboos and Issues
Some of you will have seen my earlier posts on Queerience and the book called Taboos and Issues and my problems with it. As I mentioned...
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Peter
- Jan 18, 2022
- 1 min
Queerience: the follow up
This is really just a follow on from yesterday's post about Taboos and Issues and in particular I took umbrage at Gays and Jobs. So, I...
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Peter
- Jan 17, 2022
- 6 min
Queerience: I am neither a taboo nor an issue
I've recently been on a bit of a reminisce about things and found some old photos. It got me thinking about my experience as an ELT...
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Peter
- Dec 28, 2021
- 2 min
Last post of 2021
So, it's the end of the year. I was all prepared to write something deep and meaningful. I thought about a specific topic as I was on my...
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Peter
- Oct 18, 2021
- 2 min
Oh the confusion and the clarity
Have you ever done something for so long that you get to the point where you doubt yourself at every turn? I'm having that on one of the...
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