Author Archives: Lindsay

Well it’s a busy time at the round. The proposals are coming in and books are in various stages of being written, edited or designed. But we wanted to keep things active in a fun way. We’ve decided to try … Continue reading →

‘What students need is words.’ This phrase of Jimmie Hill’s made a big impact on me as a young teacher in a workshop 20 years ago, and is a neat summary of the shift in emphasis from grammar rules to … Continue reading →

Next week the big international get-together of English teachers that is IATEFL kicks off in Glasgow, and the round is going to be there! Lindsay and Luke will be giving a presentation about the project and our first ebook, 52. … Continue reading →

Work is continuing at a breakneck pace, and we are extremely happy to welcome the latest addition to the round: none other than Scott Thornbury! Scott is putting together an ebook based on his excellent blog An A to Z … Continue reading →

Well, after a flurry of activity relating to our first publication 52, at the round we’ve gone back to work getting other titles up and ready for comment and future publication. We are pleased to share the first of these … Continue reading →

It has always been our goal at the round to publish titles that could be read in many formats. When we found out that Amazon was charging more than the price we set in some countries we sped up the … Continue reading →

The round’s first publication, 52, now has its own little support website. Called Subversive teaching 52, the site will feature blogposts, images, videos and activities from and relating to the book. It’s also a place for people to leave us … Continue reading →

As you can imagine, we’ve had quite a few people expressing interest in publishing something on the round. In fact, we’ve been sent so many ideas that we decided our first new year’s resolution was to set up some submission … Continue reading →

Yesterday, Apple made one of its trademark ‘big announcements’ – and this time it was taking on a new industry: education and educational publishing. There were three new products announced: iBooks 2, a bookstore for digital textbooks; iTunes U, an … Continue reading →

It’s been a mere four months since the round came into existence and we are already at the beginning of 2012. This time of year is great for making resolutions, and here are a few of ours: Post a series … Continue reading →

We’re pleased to finally confirm that we’ll be doing a talk at IATEFL based on the first e-book to come out of the round: 52. It seems that this year has seen a bumper crop of proposals for the annual … Continue reading →

This Friday Lindsay Clandfield and Luke Meddings will be “hanging out” with The Consultants-E at their Google + site. We’ll be live on our webcams, taking questions and talking about all things relating to the round: from how the projects … Continue reading →

While it’s been a bit quiet on the blog front, things behind the scenes at the round have been anything but calm! First of all, we’ve been overwhelmed by the positive response to our sneak peek of 52, which is … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago we did a little survey to find out how people were accessing and reading e-books (or is it ebooks?). We had almost 100 respondents, which is not a lot but is a start! Anyway, we … Continue reading →

One of the things we’ve been looking at over the past six months is how to deliver content digitally. Do you read e-books? Imagine you could have a methodology book in a digital format. How would you read it? Help … Continue reading →

the round is a new model for ELT publishing. It’s based on three principles: we want it to be great for educators, fair for authors – and we want it to be a learning environment. Great for educators. We want … Continue reading →

The most exciting nine months ever. That’s how we feel about the lead-up to the new project we are embarking on. Neither of us are strangers to the world of blogging, tweeting, social networks and the PLN. But now we … Continue reading →