Methodology ELW

Katharine Scott writes EFL course books, readers, songs, and videos. She has been involved in ELT as a teacher, head of studies, teacher trainer, editor, and writer for the past three decades. From her base in Madrid, Spain, she has travelled widely through Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, imparting courses and observing classroom cultures and teaching habits. She has designed study programs and written for all stages of English language learning within schools, from early learning through to secondary. Her work has been used in schools in Spain, Latin America, Turkey, China, and the Middle East. Katharine is the author of a paper on Transforming the Curriculum into Activities and Work for the Classroom in the essay collection “Classroom Practice” (2015) published by Spain’s Ministry of Education and Culture. She has designed and written materials for Natural and Social Science that are used in bilingual schools in Spain and the Middle East, as well producing study materials for Dorling Kindersley. As a writer of both textbooks and readers, she is especially interested in literacy for all ages, while her academic background in dance (MA) informs a constant quest to incorporate movement and music into the learning environment. Katharine is committed to making learning relevant to the students in ways that involve their active participation.