Many coursebooks and teaching materials are made for a global market. How can you make a course book written for students all over the world relevant to your class? We'll look at how to adapt ESL teaching materials and when it might be better to just stick with the book.

Podcast: Mutilate Your Coursebook! A Guide to Adapting Teaching Materials

<p>Far too much of language teaching literature is, to quote Stephen Krashen, “Far too long, far too incomprehensible and far too full of jargon,” not to mention far too expensive. The TEFL Training Institute podcast is short, easy to understand and free. In each 15-minute episode, we discuss practical, thought-provoking or controversial topics with our friends, and some of the biggest names in language teaching. From motivation to materials, training to teenagers, approaches to assessment, if you want to become a better teacher, trainer or manager, start here. With host Ross Thorburn.</p>

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Far too much of language teaching literature is, to quote Stephen Krashen, “Far too long, far too incomprehensible and far too full of jargon,” not to mention far too expensive. The TEFL Training Institute podcast is short, easy to understand and free. In each 15-minute episode, we discuss practical, thought-provoking or controversial topics with our friends, and some of the biggest names in language teaching. From motivation to materials, training to teenagers, approaches to assessment, if you want to become a better teacher, trainer or manager, start here. With host Ross Thorburn.

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Podcast: Mutilate Your Coursebook! A Guide to Adapting Teaching Materials

Podcast: Mutilate Your Coursebook! A Guide to Adapting Teaching Materials