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It works in practice: where there’s a will, vocabulary bag and more

More tested lessons, suggestions, tips and techniques which have all worked for ETp readers. Try them out for yourself – and then send us your own contribution. All the contributors to It Works in Practice in this issue of ETp are secondary school teachers who recently attended an intensive course at the British Council in Bilbao, Spain. They will all be given a copy of Email English by Paul Emmerson, published by Macmillan. Macmillan have kindly agreed to be sponsors of It Works in Practice for this year.

Mission impossible?

Simge O’Grady asserts that finding materials for Middle Eastern students is challenging, but possible.

Using online short films in English language courses

This article describes how to use short films in order to build up critical thinking skills and improve students’ writing.

Using ‘Groupon’ with a foundation year class

The author of this article shares an innovation she found valuable in teaching a female Foundation Class at a university in Abu Dhabi.

It works in practice: reverse crosswords, magic squares and more

More tested lessons, suggestions, tips and techniques which have all worked for ETp readers. Try them out for yourself – and then send us your own contribution. All contributors to It Works In Practice in this issue of ETp receive a free copy of Knowing Me Knowing You by Jim Wingate (published by ETp and DELTA PUBLISHING).

Educating a bilingual brain

Barbara Muszyńska explores the wider benefits of learning a language.

Background learning

Keith O’Hare juggles what he wants to teach with what his students want to learn.

It works in practice: guess the word, invisible pictures and more

More tested lessons, suggestions, tips and techniques which have all worked for ETp readers. Try them out for yourself – and then send us your own contribution. All contributors to It Works In Practice in this issue of ETp receive a free copy of The Magic Classroom by Jeremy Harmer, the first cassette in our new series of Personal Presentations.

It works in practice: opening topics, fluency circle roleplay and more

More tested lessons, suggestions, tips and techniques which have all worked for ETp readers. Try them out for yourself – and then send us your own contribution. All the contributors to It Works in Practice in this issue of ETp come from Kansai University, Japan. They will each receive a free copy of Teaching English Abroad (Vacation Work Publications). Why not get together with your colleagues to produce two full pages of ideas for a single issue of the magazine?

Codeswitching and language learning: a reply

A reply from Nick Shepherd to Jane Hughes' previous article Codewsitching and language learning:

WebQuests: An account of new experiences in the use of ICT

An account of the authors' experience in the use of WebQuests for ESP distance courses and to prove they are a teaching aid worthy of being used in self-access centres.

Task-based language teaching: principles, perceptions, and practice

James W. Porcaro focuses on the aging family as a topic for task-based learning.

Picturing English grammar: phase two

K. A Kyriacou uses “Islands of English” to depict buried grammatical treasures.

Literature in language teaching

Srinivasa R. Idapalapati looks at the benefits of different genres of literature in language learning.

It works in practice – Issue 111

More tested lessons, suggestions, tips and techniques which have all worked for ETp readers.