Materials Development – TransformELT

China Corpus Project Report: Curriculum and Materials Development

UK-China RIA: Corpus-assisted Curriculum and Material Development

Current Projects, Materials Development / By webadmin

Corpus Project Overview This research project was managed by British Council China for the Chinese Basic Education Curriculum and Teaching Material Research Center (BECTMRC). The project sought to identify: the most commonly used medium to high frequency, age-appropriate language chunks that are presented in the updated 2021 New National English Curriculum (NNEC) (covering Grades 3 …

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ELT Road Show Cuba, #InglesparaElDesarrollo 2022

Current Projects, Materials Development / By Arthur O'Toole

Alan Mackenzie spent three weeks in Cuba Oct-Nov 2022 delivering a series of workshops for the British Council ELT Road Show Cuba #InglesparaElDesarrollo2022 help face to face in the different locations: Havana, Santa Clara and Cienfuegos. This event is part of the capacity building actions for the teachers and students (teachers in training) of EFL …

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Algeria: Supporting School Reform

Current Projects, Materials Development, Training / By TransformELT Team

Transform ELT have been exemplary delivery partners on the British Council’s Supporting School Reform in Algeria project. They have: delivered to time, quality and scope; been extremely flexible and accommodating in response to Ministry of National Education requests to tweak the focus of their ELT products and to deliver additional training; and have produced detailed …

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BC Global Products: MyClass

Consultancy, Curriculum Development, Materials Development, Past Projects / By TransformELT Team

In mid-2018, Alan Pulverness conducted a comprehensive review of the syllabus for a British Council flagship global product for adult learners. This was a non-linear, four-level set of teaching materials with 120 lessons at each level in theme-based blocks of 4 lessons. The syllabus had been developed in separate versions by British Council teacher-writers in …

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BC Global Products: Upper Secondary Plus

Consultancy, Curriculum Development, Materials Development, Past Projects / By TransformELT Team

In late 2017, early 2018, TransformELT’s Alan Mackenzie and Alan Pulverness wrote the syllabus documents for the new British Council flagship global product for teen English language learners: Upper Secondary Plus (USP). This is a six-level series (B1, B1+, B2, B2+, C1, C1+) with ten learning units each, all based around separate content themes. A …

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Cambodia: Grades 10-12 Textbook Writing

Coaching & Mentoring, Current Projects, Materials Development, Training / By TransformELT Team

The importance of English in Cambodia for both continued economic development of the tourist industry and for international trade has been recognised. As part of this recognition, improvements to the teaching and learning of English are high on the agenda. Japan’s largest NGO, The Nippon Foundation (TNF), recently funded the development of new English language …

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France: Training for CLIL Teachers

Consultancy, Current Projects, Materials Development, Online, Blended & Hybrid Learning, Training / By TransformELT Team

The Ministry of Education in France is experimenting with implementing CLIL in upper primary and lower secondary schools. The aim is to develop international education in state schools across Île de France. In Creteil and Versailles the focus will be on improving the quality of subject teaching in English as well as developing international and …

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Georgia: Teaching & Learning in VE

Coaching & Mentoring, Consultancy, Curriculum Development, Materials Development, Monitoring & Evaluation, Past Projects, Research, Training / By TransformELT Team

Alan Mackenzie conducted an initial scoping study to identify the current state of teaching and learning of English in six vocational colleges across the country. Based on his findings, he developed a theory of change and formulated a series of recommendations. Following this, a number of projects related to implementing this change process were defined. …

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Kazakhstan: Training CLIL Trainers

Consultancy, Materials Development, Past Projects, Training / By TransformELT Team

Kazakhstan is at the beginning of the implementation of a trilingual education system. This will involve mother tongue Kazakh speakers learning Russian, Russian speakers learning Kazakh and both of these groups learning English. The aim is to move from segregated Russian and Kazakh medium schools towards a fully integrated, internationalised system of education with specific …

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Senegal & Côte d’Ivoire: Toolkits

Materials Development, Online, Blended & Hybrid Learning, Past Projects, Research, Training / By TransformELT Team

In late 2018, TransformELT began work on a pilot project in Senegal and Cote D’Ivoire to develop English Clubs for secondary schools in the region. An FCO-funded project, and working in partnership with the British Council, this is part of a larger programme in the region – ‘English Connects’. English Clubs are very popular in …

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