THE

WEB

OF

ENGLISH


Now 
updated! 

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Welcome into the
Web of English

The Web of English aims to offer worthwhile material for all those around the world who are trying to learn that difficult but useful language, English - and for those who are helping them to learn it.

The ELT material here so far is primarily for teachers and authors.

A major feature is a materials writing checklist for anyone involved with developing materials for language learning, whether for publication or just for private use. The checklist focuses on English in the first instance.  However, over the years I've also worked with authors of materials for learners of French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian, and I hope the list will be of use to all writers of language learning materials.

I've also listed links to ELT websites I myself have found useful (updated January 2010).

 PUBLISHING CORNER

Currently I’m a media and communication consultant (see here for further details if you are interested!) as well as doing a part-time PhD. However, I was a publisher for many years (and in fact still offer publishing training and other services now). So I've included a publishing corner for authors; the current pages offer some tips on

      - submitting material to publishing houses 

      - writing highly illustrated materials.

       - copyright, contracts, fees and royalties.

There is also list of useful publishing links (updated January 2010)

Finally, for aspiring publishing professionals and people already in the industry who want to upgrade their skills, there is a link to a very useful resource listing publishing courses around the world. 

Richard Slessor

A few personal notes
Since the last major update of this website in 2008, life has continued to be eventful. My wife's contract with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra ended in April 2009, and we exchanged the lush tropical view on the left, of the Malacca Straits from our Singapore apartment, for a Cotswold cottage in England (the second picture shows our street in the snows of January 2010). Thus I made my third change of continents in four years! 
 
I've owned the Winchcombe house since 1983, but hadn't lived in it since 1998. The house and garden needed work after 11 years of tenants, but over the months we've got both looking more or less the way we wanted, not a little due to the flair and hard work of my wife Nella. 
  
If you ever  looked at the previous update of this site, you may be wonder- ing about our Singaporean dog Emile. I'm pleased to say he survived a rather scary journey to England in a box deep in the hold  of a British Airways plane, costing more to transport than our two air tickets combined; didn't need to go into quarantine; has  grown a thicker coat to cope with a colder climate; and runs around happily in the snow as if born to it. The painting of him is by my wife's daughter Michelle, who is an increasingly successful professional artist. (You can see her website here.)

My own website had to take a back seat to our other activities, and was even down for a while, but it's now (January 2009) up and running, with a few relatively minor updates. I hope to complete my part-time PhD in early 2011, and am beginning to look for some interesting freelance work.

 Richard Slessor


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