Comments on: Six overexposed celebrities in ESL/EFL coursebooks

By: ET365

ET365 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:31:49 +0000

We certainly hope so, Philip!

By: alexcase

alexcase — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:18:19 +0000

PS, how can there be all this discussion of celebrities in EFL textbooks without ever mentioning boob jobs. Our students are going to be really stuck if they have a real conversation about celebrities with a real British woman. I hear that the Newer New Headway Post-Beginner will have a text about Sam Fox though

By: alexcase

alexcase — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:08:52 +0000

My apologies, I still haven’t got used to this new world in which (a) people actually read TEFL blogs and (b) people write actual facts on them. I stand corrected.

The Soarseseseses definitely own an island in the Caribbean though. I think it might be Jamaica

By: lclandfield

lclandfield — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:09:57 +0000

Thank you Liz for stopping by, and for clarifying this. I found the wikipedia entry on him too after following your suggestion. Here it is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_McSporran

Looks like this sets the record straight. Alex?

By: Liz Soars

Liz Soars — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:24:24 +0000

The ‘Soarseses’ did NOT make up Seamus McSporran. Google him! You couldn’t him make up. In fact McSporran is just about the only surname on the island.

By: lclandfield

lclandfield — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:32:50 +0000

Thanks for the comment Randi, and best of luck with your textbook! Your activity sounds interesting, and you’re right that allowing kids the choice will help in more than one way!

By: Randi Harlev

Randi Harlev — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:07:08 +0000

Interesting post. Just finished working on a textbook (8th grade, UPP, for Israeli MoE – about B1/B2 level) where in a unit on entertainment, the learners have to collaborate in developing a fact file on a celebrity of their choice. The twist is that they are asked to look at celebrities who work with/promote charities. It’s a lot more constructivist in nature, providing an opportunity for online research, evaluation, and synthesis of information, etc., in addition to giving kids choices. From a commercial perspective, it will hopefully be a bit more future-proofed, increasing the book’s shelf-life by not self-dating.

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By: Philip Kerr

Philip Kerr — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:01:47 +0000

Ah-hm… I recently wrote a text about Paris Hilton for an Inside Out workbook …. Is this the end of my career?

By: James Jackson

James Jackson — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:35:27 +0000

You are dead on. It is kind of out of control these days.