John Hughes

Practical ideas from MET: John Hughes

In the January/February 2023 (Volume 32, Issue 1) edition, seven of our regular friends from MET shared their favourite speaking activities in the It works in practice feature. Here John Hughes explains his 'Creating a mouse trap' activity.

Writing materials for live online lessons

John Hughes describes some of the differences between online and live teaching materials. He looks at formats, content, learner skills as part of the process in producing useful online resources.

Making the leap

John Hughes tenders ten steps towards developing your skills as a materials writer.

Training and development in materials writing

John Hughes describes the process of helping teachers to write materials for classroom use and self-study. Teachers of all levels of experience can benefit from such training.

The language teaching and exam preparation balancing act

John Hughes describes how activities can be shaped to suit the needs of students preparing for an exam and others wanting more general English.