Freebies and Resources!

FREEBIES & RESOURCES

Welcome to Emily Bryson ELT, where English language teaching is brought to life with a sprinkle of visual magic!.

Here you’ll find free guides to help you get started on your visual thinking journey.

⭐As a bonus, you’ll be added to my mailing list where you’ll receive supercool teaching ideas and be the first to hear about my upcoming offers. ✉️

FREE GRAPHIC FACILITATION GUIDE FOR ELT PROFESSIONALS

Intrigued by graphic facilitation? Want to get started with visual thinking? This FREE guide is the perfect starting point.

Front cover of e-book: A guide guide to graphic facilitation for English language teaching professionals. The cover has a hand drawn doodle of students being amazed by their teacher.

FREE SKETCHNOTING GUIDE FOR ELT PROFESSIONALS

Ready to give sketchnoting a try? Want to add some magic to your notebooks and whiteboards? This FREE Sketchnoting for ELT guide is full of icons to get you started and bring your note taking, and your students’ study skills to life!

Front cover of Emily Bryson ELT's free guide to sketchnoting for English language teaching professionals. It has various hand drawn icons sharing the benefits of sketchnoting.

FREE ACTIVE DOODLING MEDITATION

Struggle to quieten your busy mind? Meditation not working for you? As someone who can’t sit still, I know the feeling! That’s why I designed this doodling meditation. It is perfect for classroom or solo use and is a great way to take time out.

Emily Bryson ELT's active doodling meditation. A free downloadable PDF guide. The front cover has a profile picture of Emily and a happy person juggling multipleplates inside a thought bubble.

FREE #ELTCanDoEco LESSON PLAN

Worried about the climate crisis? Ready for your lessons to inspire change? This #ELTCanDoEco was inspired by @ELTFootprint. This adaptable powerpoint is suitable for all levels of learners to spark environmental discussions and inspire changemakers.

Visual thinking doodles showing how to recycle common household items, used as a visual tool for English language teaching (ELT, TEFL, TESOL, ESOL) with demonstrating food, clothes, glass, paper, metal and plastic.

FREE ADULT PHONICS VISUAL STORY: STAN's LUNCH

Do you teach adult literacy learners? Are you struggling to find suitable resources? Here’s a hand-drawn visual story using simple phonics sounds (SATPIN). This versatile word document can be adapted to any learner developing their reading and writing skills.

Adult ESOL phonics lesson plan using simple doodles to teach the SATPIN sounds in English language learning

MEDIA: PODCAST, VIDEO & WEBINAR APPEARANCES

Want creative teaching ideas? Intrigued to see graphic facilitation activities in action? Over the years, I’ve delivered webinars for Trinity College London, British Council, Ellii, Educast and more. I’ve also been a guest on podcasts such as TESOLPop, ELTcpd, SpongeChats, Everything EFL, etc. I’ve compiled these into a YouTube playlist so you can find them easily.

Visual thinking in ELT: podcast and video resources featuring simple doodles, sketchnotes, and graphic organisers for language teaching, teacher development, and online courses.

Not Free: Even More Awesome!

Visual Thinking Tools, Courses and Services to Support Success!

Do you love my freebies? Are you looking for supercool resources to amaze your learners, boost confidence and get the class talking? My lovingly hand-drawn visual templates use the magic of visual metaphor and storytelling to bring the classroom to life.

The best bit? You can use, re-use and re-purpose them for all levels, various language topics and for infinite purposes. They are perfect for online and face-to-face delivery. I’ve used them with low level learners, advanced learners, my trainees and for staff meetings. I’ve even used them to plan out my own business ideas!

The Growth Garden: Cultivate your Seeds for Success

Are you (or your learners) wanting to grow your skills and thrive? This unique visual toolkit was created in collaboration with Rachael Roberts @EarnLiveThriveinELT. Combining the magic of visual metaphors with life and business coaching, this visual template helps you explore where you are now, where you want to be, and how to get there. It’s fun. It’s effective. It will help you be the best you can be, and your students become their best selves too.

Front Cover image of Emily Bryson ELT's Growth Garden Visual Template: Cultivate your seeds for success

Pathways to Success: Visual Tools for Goal-Setting, Self-Evaluation & Progression

Are you looking for ways to inspire your learners? Do you need effective tools to help them achieve their goals? Are you looking for ways to explore your own goals & progress? Look no further!

My Pathways to Success toolkit is full of visual templates to help learners, teams and individuals set goals and evaluate their progress. It can be used, re-used and repurposed for various levels, ages and topics.

Emily Bryson ELT resource packs thumbnail. Front cover of pathways to success: visual tools for goal-setting, self-evaluation and progression - a visual thinking toolkit for English language teachers.

The Feedback Fairy: The Interactive & Fun Way to Give & Receive Feedback

Forget boring old feedback forms! With a swish of her magic wand, the feedback fairy will bring it to life! End your teaching and training sessions with a magical buzz

The Feedback Fairy front cover: A visual tool for interactive and fun feedback. A colourful fairy holding a wand and carrying a bag.

More Ways to Add Visual SPARKLE to your English Language Learning, Teaching & Training

Emily Bryson ELT teacher training sessions with a viusal twist for English lanuage teachers and educators. Photo of one of Emily's training sessions. Teachers are looking at various visual tools.
Emily Bryson ELT Sketchnoting services. A hand drawn summary of some of the benefits of visual recordings. these include social media gold, eternal life for webinars and events, fun, memorable, accessible and simplifying complex information.
A simple doodle by Emily Bryson ELT of a laptop screen. Inside the laptop is a teacher enaging her learners with simple drawings, The students are amazed, The text says 'online courses'.
Image of Emily Bryson ELT's laptop screen. The text below says 'materials development and writing'

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