About

About Me

My name is Jo Cummins and I have been an EFL Teacher since 2005. I have taught in Ecuador, the UK and Australia. Currently, I live by the seaside in Kent, UK with my husband, two children, a dog and a cat. Nowadays I mostly work as a Freelance materials writer for the Secondary and Adult sector, and I recently completed a PGDip in TESOL.

About the blog

Just before undertaking my CELTA I had completed an MA in Teaching and Practice of Creative Writing (and before that a BA in English Literature). Throughout my teaching career I’ve tried to use some of my ideas about creative writing in class. I’ve built up a lot of resources on USB sticks, paper and in my head that I thought would be useful to share with other EFL teachers. Although these activities were designed with the ELT classroom in mind, I hope they can also serve as inspiration for anyone teaching English or creative writing in any setting.

If you are new to the blog, or to using creative writing, a good place to start might be my post on ‘Why use Creative Writing in ELT?’
I don’t update this blog currently but hopefully the ideas in it are still useful and relevant to teachers.

Contact
email: jo_cummins@hotmail.com

facebook: www.facebook.com/CreativitiesEfl

My book ’50 ways to Teach Teenagers‘ is published by Wayzgoose Press.