TeaBreak: How well does teaching English prepare you for a career in ELT publishing‪?‬ ELTtime

In today’s episode of ELTtime, Rachel, Matt, Ella and Jaz all sat down together (whilst we were still in the office) for a TeaBreak! With Jaz as the moderator, Rachel, Matt and Ella look back at their teaching experiences and discuss how well teaching English prepared them for a career in ELT publishing.

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CHAPTERS
0:20 – Intro

0:48 – Teaching experience

1:10 – Rachel’s teaching experience – Greece

2:07 – Matt’s teaching experience – Japan

3:31 – Ella’s teaching experience – Spain

4:55 – Pressure to get through materials quickly

7:12 – Transitioning into publishing

7:23 – Rachel: started as a writer before moving into editing

8:39 – Matt: did a publishing masters, worked in other publishing fields

10:11 – Ella: did an English Literature masters, work experience

11:20 – Does teaching prepare you for working in ELT publishing?

13:22 – Skills needed for editing vs teaching

15:23 – Teaching grammar

16:32 – Content development and teaching

17:45 – Using Teacher’s Books as a tool

18:53 – Time management as a teacher vs editor

23:05 – What parts of teaching doesn’t prepare you for publishing?

27:25 – Thinking about the publishing process as teacher

29:05 – What do you miss about teaching?

32:22 – Favourite thing about ELT publishing

35:03 – Outro