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WOULD YOU LIKE TO…

write a wide range of ready-to-publish language exercises for all learner types

develop publishable activity sequences, textbook pages, and worksheets

edit and proofread your language materials in line with current publishing standards

cooperate and liaise with leading content editors

network with leading publishers, local and international

build your personal brand as an author 

YOU’VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE!

a unique, award-winning programme concept

an international team of best-selling EFL authors and mentors

academic partnerships with ELT Teacher 2 Writer and Independent Authors & Publishers Group

 

a unique, award-winning programme
concept

an international team of best-selling EFL authors and
mentors

academic partnerships with ELT Teacher 2 Writer
and Independent Authors & Publishers Group

SO, WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

maximum impact: all our sessions are live  – we really want you to interact with our authors, editors, and other course participants, on our lively online chat forums and break-out rooms 

maximum comfort: you can take part in all sessions straight from your favourite desk or armchair, and you’ll have unlimited access to all session recordings – for life!

maximum support: you’ll take advantage of individual, fully personalized feedback on each and every task, assignment and draft; you’ll enjoy the safe, supporting environment of a small, closed community of our course participants

maximum benefit: you’ll see your own work develop from an early draft to a publishable piece, through closely monitored redrafting –we’ll be with you every step of the way

Watch an invitation from the project co-founder
HERE’S OUR FULL PROGRAMME:

Session 1:
SATURDAY MAR 23 2024
10:00 AM. – 02.00 P.M.

 

Tomasz Sztyber

How to get started (and not to get lost) in designing ELT materials

What YOU’ll learn:

what kind of author you are – and why this matters for your writing career
 

how to successfully design a language task (lexical, grammatical, skills-based)

how to look for common but persistent editing mistakes in various teaching materials 

how to avoid most common kinds of author’s mistakes when developing your early draft 

how to proofread your own materials, using current editing standards

walk the author’s walk!

→ do a task assigned by Tomasz after this session – and get his personalized comments &  suggestions for improvement 

→ Share your work with other Academy members in a closed, exclusive online space – and enjoy their supportive feedback

Session 2:
FRIDAY APR 05
 2024
06:30 P.M. – 08.30 P.M.

Marta Rosińska

How to write materials that challenge & promote accuracy

What YOU’ll learn:

how to strike a great balance between accuracy and fluency in your ELT activities and exercises

how to develop tasks which promote accuracy and precision over fluency

how to challenge learners and stimulate them through the choice of tasks and types of input 

how to create tasks which push learners to deep-process the language

walk the author’s walk!

→ do a task assigned by Marta after this session – and get his personalized comments &  suggestions for improvement 

→ Share your work with other Academy members in a closed, exclusive online space – and enjoy their supportive feedback

Session 3:
FRIDAY APR 12 2024
06:30 P.M. – 08.30 P.M.

Tomasz Sztyber

How to write flawless sequences of tasks

What YOU’ll learn:

what it takes to move beyond a single good task – and design a great worksheet or coursebook page 

how to develop a publishable sequence of effective, well-linked activities

how to spot common mistakes in appropriate sequencing of various teaching materials

what to look for to achieve a high level of coherence and cohesion of a piece of teaching material

how to avoid common problems with the flow of a sequence tasks

walk the author’s walk!

→ do a task assigned by Tomasz after this session – and get his personalized comments &  suggestions for improvement

→ Share your work with other Academy members in a closed, exclusive online space – and enjoy their supportive feedback

Session 4:
TUESDAY APR 23 2024
06:30 P.M. – 08.30 P.M.

Sue Kay

How to write excellent reading & listening activities

What YOU’ll learn:

why reading and listening activities are a real challenge to an author

what key mistakes you need to avoid when designing such activities

where to seek inspiration, how to do author’s research, and which sources are most valuable 

how to deal with copyright issues when sourcing and adapting external material   

whose reading and listening activities are truly outstanding – and worth modelling yours upon

walk the author’s walk!

→ Write an activity sample using Sue’s guidelines – and get her personalized comments &  suggestions for improvement 

→ Share your work with other Academy members in a closed, exclusive online space – and enjoy their supportive feedback

Session 5:
thursday Apr 25 2024
06:30 P.M. – 08.30 P.M.

Karolina Kotorowicz–Jasińska

How to combine linguistic and cognitive skills in task design

What YOU’ll learn:

how to incorporate higher order thinking skills into language tasks

how to construct language activities that develop thinking skills

how to make students make effort by means of appropriate task design

how to design language activities that support retention and retrieval

Session 6:
MONDAY MAY 06 2024
06:30 P.M. – 08.30 P.M.

Tomasz Sztyber

How to write materials that truly stand out – and please your editor!

What YOU’ll learn:

what your key strengths are as an author, based on our analysis of your drafts developed to-date

where your potential problem areas are – and how to work on them effectively
  

how to enhance your materials by applying some tricks of the trade – selected from leading EFL authors

how to liaise with your editor to work out your final, ready-to-publish draft 

walk the author’s walk!

→ do a task assigned by Tomasz after this session – and get his personalized comments &  suggestions for improvement 

→ Share your work with other Academy members in a closed, exclusive online space – and enjoy their supportive feedback

Session 7:
thursday may 09 2024
06:30 P.M. – 08.30 P.M

Russell Stannard

How to set up, build up and monetise your YouTube channel

What YOU’ll learn:


How to decide what it is you want to make videos on


What software to use


How the process works and what YouTube is looking for


How to maximise the search engine optimisation of your YouTube video

Strategies for generating an income, including running courses, affiliate programmes, partnerships etc.

Session 8:
WEDNESDAY may 15 2024
06:30 P.M. – 08.30 P.M.

Sue Kay

How to write excellent speaking & writing activities

What YOU’ll learn:

Sue’s magic formula for a great activity which fosters learners’ productive skills

what it means to set your students up to succeed in their speaking or writing
 

how to ensure your activities come with clear aims, scaffolding, staging, and models  

where to search for great input when designing speaking or writing activities

what key mistakes you need to avoid when designing productive activities

walk the author’s walk!

→ do a task assigned by Sue after this session – and get her personalized comments &  suggestions for improvement   

Session 9:
Thursday may 23 2024
06:30 P.M. – 08.30 P.M.

Anna Lech

How not to suffer (too much) as a young on-line author

What YOU’ll learn:

how writing for online platforms differs from preparing paper-based materials

how to prepare materials that facilitate learning online

the technicalities of preparing online materials

what to do and what not to do when working with IT specialists 

how to manage your time and survive as a novice ELT author

 

Session 10:
SATURDAY JUN 08 2024
10:00 AM. – 01.00 P.M.

Grzegorz Śpiewak

How to present and promote your materials

What YOU’ll learn:

why you need to avoid the ‘curse of knowledge’ when you present your materials
 

how to design effective, engaging, visually attractive presentations 

what you can do to make your materials look great on a slide, a blog post or in an article

how to make the most of modern presentation software: hidden gems, tricks of the presenter’s trade

how to promote your materials – and build your personal brand – through key professional & social media channels

Session 11:
SATURDAY JUN 08 2024
01:15 p.M. – 02.15 P.M.

Surprise guests

How to build your brand an monetise your new author skills

What YOU’ll learn:

how to start building your professional network as an author
 

how to successfully pitch your writing project to publishers

how to win project applications

 DO YOU NEED MORE INFO?

Marta Rosińska

E: marta@e-dos.org

T: 501 037 652

 

Grzegorz Śpiewak

E: grzegorz@e-dos.org

T: 663 556 677

Marta Rosińska
E: marta@e-dos.org
T: 501 037 652


Grzegorz Śpiewak
E: grzegorz@e-dos.org
T: 663 556 677

WHAT ABOUT THE PRICE?

You know what they say: the early bird catches… the best deal!

early bird course fee

by FEB 25 3450 PLN (or: 790 Euro)

regular course fee

from FEB 26 3850 PLN  (or: 880 Euro)

And yes, you can pay in instalments – just let us know when you send in your application.

So, time to…

NUMBER OF PLACES LIMITED – GRAB YOURS TODAY!