Shiny Ideas for Your Teaching & Training:
Practical, Engaging & Read to Amaze!
🪄 Visual Sparkle for English Language Teachers & Trainers🪄
Online Courses to Help You Stand Out From The Crowd.
Fresh, Practical Ideas for Engaging Lessons & Training
As a dedicated teacher or trainer, you’ve explored countless CPD sessions and methodologies. But sometimes, even with the best techniques, students still struggle, lessons feel routine, and prep takes too long.
You want engaging, effective, and ready-to-use strategies that make learning stick—without spending hours creating materials.
That’s where visual teaching strategies come in.
How I Can Help
With 20+ years in ELT and collaborations with National Geographic Learning, Macmillan, and Ellii, I’ve seen how simple visuals can transform learning.
My courses help teachers and trainers:
⌚ Minimize prep time while maximizing engagement
🧠 Make lessons and CPD interactive, accessible, and memorable
💡 Use visual strategies that help concepts stick
Whether you're teaching students or training teachers, these courses give you practical techniques you can use tomorrow.
Hello! I'm Emily Bryson. I add a touch of visual magic to English Language Learning, Teaching & Training. 🪄
Here's My Simple Plan to Add SPARKLE To Your Teaching or Training:
1.📲 Choose a Course – Select a course that fits your needs (some take less than 3 hours!)
2.🪩 Learn Practical, Visual Techniques – Follow step-by-step guidance to start using these methods right away.
3. 🎉 Make Your Classes or Training Stand Out – Watch your students or trainees become more engaged, remember more, and enjoy learning.
No risk – you have 14 days to try it out, and if it's not for you, get a full refund.
Which Course is Right for You?
Each of my courses are full of classroom activities and lesson ideas that you can use, re-use and re-purpose anytime, anywhere. They are all perfect for busy teachers and trainers looking for exciting new techniques and tools. The question should really be 'Which One Should I Do FIRST?'.
Each Course Has:
🎓 Snazzy Certificate to show off your new skills
📧 Access to Me: Ask questions via email or socials anytime
💯 Lifetime Access: Come back anytime for a refresher
⚡No Risk: 14-day refund policy!
120+ Doodles for ELT Professionals:
Creative Confidence in Less Than 3 Hours
Online Course: 120+ Doodles for ELT Professionals
A fun and practical course designed to reignite your creative mojo and engage your learners through the power of doodling! Perfect for teachers and teacher trainers who want to boost their confidence in visual communication without the need for lengthy research or essays.
What’s Inside:
- ✏️ The Visual Alphabet: Simple shapes to create drawings easily
- 📝 ELT-Specific Icons: Common classroom items like speaking, reading, and listening
- 👩🏫 Classroom Vocabulary: Doodle your way through key teaching terms
- 👩🎨 Drawing People: No more stick figures, create vibrant doodles instead
- 🗣️ Drawing Verbs: Illustrate stories and tenses with ease
- 😌 Emotions: Perfect for wellbeing check-ins and storytelling
- 🧠 Connectors: Create mind maps and diagrams to process ideas
- 🏢 Containers: Build your own graphic organisers
- 🌍 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Draw people and icons that reflect your diverse classroom
- 🚶♀️ Bonus: “Draw it Yourself!” – Learn to doodle your own quick, simple icons
Why You’ll Love It:
- ⏳ Save Time: Minimize prep work while making lessons visually engaging
- 🎉 Fun & Relaxing: Learn to doodle in a stress-free way that will bring joy to your teaching
- 💡 Boost Confidence: Build your "visual dictionary" and impress both colleagues and students
- 📚 Create Impact: Make lessons more accessible and memorable with visual learning
Essential Graphic Facilitation for ELT Professionals:
Create engaging, accessible activities anytime, anywhere
Online Course: Essential Graphic Facilitation for ELT Professionals
A dynamic and practical course designed to help you create accessible, engaging lessons with minimal prep so you're always ready for class! Perfect for teachers and teacher trainers who want to boost student engagement, simplify lesson planning, and add a creative touch to their teaching style.
What’s Inside:
🖍️ Visual Thinking Tools: Learn simple techniques for creating visual activities anytime, anywhere
✏️ Interactive Templates: Master the art of designing reusable templates that save time and keep students engaged
🧠 Graphic Facilitation Skills: Unlock the power of hand-drawn visuals to make learning stick and reduce cognitive load
📝 Essential Tips: Build your confidence in drawing quick, effective visuals that speak louder than words
🌍 Accessibility in Action: Create materials that work for all learners, no matter the setting
🎥 Bonus GIF Creation: Bring your visuals to life by creating simple, animated GIFs
📈 Quick Editing Tools: Use free, easy-to-master tools to refine your creations and make them class-ready
Why You’ll Love It:
⏳ Save Time: Effortlessly create impactful, accessible activities without hours of prep
🎉 Stress-Free Creativity: Learn to design engaging visuals without feeling overwhelmed
💡 Boost Your Confidence: Build your visual thinking toolkit and wow both students and colleagues
💬 Engage Your Learners: Make lessons more memorable and interactive with powerful visual strategies
🎯 Be Ready for Anything: Create lesson materials on the go, anytime, anywhere—your go-to visual toolkit is always at hand
Join today and unlock your ability to transform your lessons with ease!
I recommend completing my 120+ Doodles for ELT Professionals Course first - unless you're already a quick & simple drawing whizz! 😉
Get Your FREE Guide to Graphic Facilitation for ELT Professionals:
My Graphic Facilitation for English Language Teaching Professionals Guide is the perfect place to start.
You'll be added to my mailing list and receive supercool facilitation ideas, activities and tips. You'll also be first to know about new courses, resources and events.
Sensational Sketchnoting for ELT Professionals:
Creative & Memorable Notebooks and Whiteboards for Teachers.
Online Course: Sensational Sketchnoting
✨ Create notes that make an impact! ✨
A fun, creative, and practical course designed for teachers who want an excuse to doodle, reignite their joy of drawing, and create notes worth revisiting. Whether you're looking for a relaxing CPD experience or a proven way to make learning stick, this course will help you transform your whiteboards, notebooks, and lesson materials into visually engaging resources - that you and your learners will want to look at again and again.
💡 Most notably (pun intended 😉), it’s perfect for teachers who want to:
✅ Keep focused during CPD, webinars, and meetings
✅ Make their notes clear, memorable, and visually appealing
✅ Support learners in developing their own sketchnoting skills
✅ Create hand-drawn infographics to simplify complex information
What’s Inside:
📖 Introduction to Sketchnoting – What it is and why it works
✏️ Tools of the Trade – The best digital & analogue tools for visual note-taking
🗣️ Vocabulary Notes – Cool way to learn new words
📄 Layouts (Part 1 & 2) – Organizing notes like a pro
🎨 Colour & Accessibility – Designing sketchnotes for all learners
🔖 Banners & Headings – Making key ideas stand out
🎭 Icons, Icons, Icons! – Mastering simple shapes for visual communication
🖌️ Finding Your Style – Bringing personality to your notes
🏳️🌈Colour & Accessibility - Choose the right colours for readability
Why You’ll Love It:
🎯 Make Learning Stick – Notes you want to review again and again
📚 Boost Focus – No more zoning out during CPD sessions
🖼️ Whiteboard Magic – Create lessons that look as engaging as they feel
📝 Empower Learners – Inspire students to develop their own visual note-taking skills
🎉 Fun & Relaxing – A CPD experience that feels like play but delivers real impact
I recommend completing my 120+ Doodles for ELT Professionals Course first - unless you're already a quick & simple drawing whizz! 😉
Here's How Quickly You Can Develop Your Sketchnoting Skills:
This shows one of my very first sketchnotes. It is evidence that sketchnoting doesn't have to be art, and that messy notes are equally effective as memory boosters. It also shows just how quickly sketchnoting skills can develop. In just a year or so, I went from this to professionally visually recording webinars for British Council, Ellii and Macmillan Education! So get started today
Get Your FREE Guide to Sketchnoting for ELT Professionals:
My Sketchnoting for English Language Teaching Professionals Guide is the perfect place to start.
You'll be added to my mailing list and receive supercool facilitation ideas, activities and tips. You'll also be first to know about new courses, resources and events.
Can't decide? Save Money & Get the Bundles!
£216 > £166
£126 > £99
£275 > £199
Here are some ways my visual thinking can help you and your learners:
Want access for your whole team, 1-2-1 coaching, or bespoke training?
I also offer group discounts on my courses and tailored teacher training sessions, especially for the needs of you and/or your team. Get in touch if you’d like to discuss.
Dis(?)Organised Graphics & Graphic Organisers:
An Exploration of Visual Magic!
with Clare Hayward aka 'The Canva Queen'
This 90-minute deep dive into graphic organisers will give you the confidence and inspiration to create your own—whether through simple doodles, Canva, or by sourcing ready-made templates online.
Graphic organisers (also known as one-pagers, knowledge organisers, templates, diagrams, maps, charts, and grids) help students arrange, analyse, and interact with information in different ways, making learning more engaging, memorable, and supportive.
In this session, two seasoned ELT experts will guide you through innovative ways to use graphic organisers with English language learners:
🎨 Clare Hayward, the 'Canva Queen', will show you how to design stunning graphic organisers tailored to your students' needs.
✏️ Emily Bryson, a graphic facilitation expert, will share simple ways to hand-draw your own—on paper, whiteboards, or online.
What’s Inside:
✅ 75 minutes of specialist-led video training—packed with practical tips and creative inspiration
✅ Hands-on creation time—design your own graphic organiser
✅ 10 ready-to-use downloadable graphic organisers—print, edit, or draw your own versions
✅ 40+ years of combined ELT experience—bringing you tried-and-tested techniques
✅ Lifetime access—revisit the training whenever you need a refresher
Why You’ll Love It:
💡 Boost Student Engagement—help learners process and simplify complex information
🧠 Reduce Cognitive Load—make content more accessible and easier to understand
🎨 Gain Confidence in Visual Teaching—whether you prefer digital design or doodling by hand
Join today for just £37 and transform the way your students interact with information!
Sketching Sounds:
Graphic Approaches to Teaching Pronunciation
with Global Pron Expert - Gemma Archer
This course is designed for English language teachers who want to bring pronunciation to life through innovative, interactive, and visually rich activities. Whether you're looking to enhance your approach to phonics, stress, and intonation or explore a global, accent-inclusive way of teaching pronunciation, this course is for you!
What’s Inside:
✅ The Lingua Franca Core (LFC) Demystified – Understand the key pronunciation features that support global intelligibility
✅ Graphic Facilitation for Pronunciation – Discover powerful visual approaches to help learners develop sound awareness
✅ Interactive Visual Tools – Learn to make word stress, intonation, and articulation visible and memorable
✅ Learner Reflection Activities – Support students in mapping their pronunciation journey and building confidence
✅ Minimal-Prep, Maximum-Impact Teaching Ideas – Walk away with ready-to-use templates and activities
Why You’ll Love It:
🗣️ Accent-Inclusive Approach – Celebrate all accents while focusing on intelligibility
🎨 Engaging & Interactive Methods – Get students involved with hands-on, visual pronunciation activities
📚 Stronger Understanding of Pronunciation Features – Gain confidence in teaching sounds, stress, and intonation
✏️ Practical & Ready-to-Use – No complicated prep—just simple, effective techniques
Format & Bonuses:
📖 Self-paced, notional time: 2-3 hours – Complete at your own speed
📄 Downloadable PDF with templates, tools, and activities – Ready to use in your next lesson
📩 Access to expert support – Contact me anytime for feedback or questions
Join today and transform your pronunciation teaching with visual strategies that make sounds stick!
Teaching Tracks & Drawing Hacks:
Music & Doodling for the English Language Classroom!
with Chris Walklett.
🎶 Bring songs to life in your classroom with the power of visual thinking! 💭
If you love music and want to engage your students in creative, memorable, and meaningful ways, this course is for you! Learn how to combine songs with simple doodling techniques to enhance language learning, boost student wellbeing, and create visually rich lessons with minimal prep and maximum impact.
What’s Inside:
✅ Inspiring, Low-Prep Activities – Use song lyrics and simple drawings to enhance learning
✅ The Power of Music & Emotion – Understand how songs impact memory, mood, and motivation
✅ Boost Creativity & Wellbeing – Help students express themselves through music and visuals
✅ Hands-On Practice – Create your own activity and bring your learning to life
Why You’ll Love It:
🎵 Engaging & Fun – Transform your lessons with activities that spark joy and creativity
🖍️ Simple, Yet Effective – No artistic skills needed, just a passion for music and learning
💡 New Teaching Techniques – Discover fresh ways to use songs beyond just listening exercises
💬 Taught by Two Experienced Educators – Learn from Chris Walklett & Emily Bryson, with 50+ years of combined ELT experience
Format & Bonuses:
📖 Self-paced, 90-minute video session – Packed with ready-to-use activities
🎶 Notional time: 2 hours – Includes time to create your own activity
📄 Lifetime access – Revisit the ideas whenever you need inspiration
📩 Exclusive resources – Downloadable templates and tools to use in your lessons
Get started today and make music more than just background noise—turn it into a creative learning experience!
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