Creating ELT materials that represent a wide range of people, & sharing resources to help you do the same. Run by @ila_coimbra & @theteacherjames.
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Anyone who has followed Lindsay Clandfield’s career closely knows that he often has a element of subversion about his materials. As a contributor to the Raise Up! project we wanted to get his take on diversity and representation in ELT.
raiseupforelt.com/2021/08/06…
Meet Silvana and Romina, the inspiring duo behind Hello ESI. Based in Argentina, they are advocates for Comprehensive Sexuality Education. Check the interview out in our blog!
raiseupforelt.com/2021/06/11…
Raise Up! retweeted
Shoutout to @raiseupforelt for tackling issues of diversity & inclusion in #TEFL. Great piece on the god-awful sexism & general stereotyping in clipart images - and how we can challenge it in our #ELT mat'ls. ⬇️
raiseupforelt.com/2021/05/14…
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New blog post!
"On the second of June last year, in the face of global protests in the Black Lives Matter movement, many people took to social media to post black squares.... So, a year on, we have to ask ourselves what have we actually done?"
raiseupforelt.com/2021/06/02…
New blog post!
Theodora Papapanagiotou shares her insightful experience and what she learned from teaching older learners.
Full text here: raiseupforelt.com/2021/07/23…
New blog post!
One of the articles that we came across while working on the first Raise Up! book was one by Derek Philip Xu.
Read the full article as well as some reflections about it here:
raiseupforelt.com/2021/07/09…
Here's an amazing event for those interested in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Digital Teaching and Learning.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/.../tZIkceCg…...
A big thank you to Kieran Donaghy for mentioning Raise Up! during his IATEFL plenary this year. You can watch the talk here: youtube.com/watch?v=XGl7Hvhd…"
New blog post!
"Have you ever felt embarrassed because you realized a little too late that a choice you made was inappropriate?"
What did you do? How did you feel?
Compare your experience here: raiseupforelt.com/2021/06/25…
Join us today at the Iatefl conference! Raise Up! will participate in the forum on equality, diversity and inclusion in materials. See you at 15:55 UK time!
#iatefl2021
New blog post!
"On the second of June last year, in the face of global protests in the Black Lives Matter movement, many people took to social media to post black squares.... So, a year on, we have to ask ourselves what have we actually done?"
raiseupforelt.com/2021/06/02…
Teaching online has been a trend for a while, but the current situation made it even more important. Bearing that in mind, we are offering a format of the B2 book in a more teaching-online-friendly format!
Check it out!
gumroad.com/l/raiseupB2compl…
New blog post!
"How inclusive (or exclusive) are the images we find in some ready-made handouts?" - Cintia Rodrigues helps us sharpen our eyes for inclusion and diversity when using ready-made free resources.
raiseupforelt.com/2021/05/14…
See what some authors think about diversity and representation in coursebooks in our new blog post!
Check it here: raiseupforelt.com/2021/04/30…
Older learners, senior students: independently of the term you choose, if you work with this group of students, episode 5 "Old" of the TEFL Commute in unmissable. Check it out!
teflcommute.com/season-13-ep…
Take a look at this course: it can help us know more and get practical help to make dyslexic learners benefit more from our lessons.
futurelearn.com/courses/dysl…
Want to make your conference more inclusive? Check out our new blog post and see what you can do to bring diversity to the conference you are organizing!
raiseupforelt.com/.../guidel…
We asked our writer Sergio Durand to speak with Norma Romero, manager of Las Patronas. She talked about their beginning, their daily routine, how they organize their activities and how they raise money to keep doing their great work.
raiseupforelt.com/2021/04/02…
