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Mark Hancock advocates a productive rather than receptive approach to detailed listening.

Laura Besley has ten suggestions to make writing more enjoyable for very young children.

Classic jigsaw text activities are one of the easiest places to start for teachers who want to develop their own materials. 

Saltanat Meiramova deciphers seven key criteria for learner-centred teaching.

In this series, Nicky Hockly explains aspects of technology which some people may be embarrassed to confess that they don’t really understand. In this article, she examines a tool to help you keep up with blogs and podcasts.

John Hughes proposes some practical procedures for you to do it yourself, and considers the different aspects of using quizzes in the classroom.

John Hughes proposes some practical procedures for you to do it yourself, considering the different ways to use dominoes in the classroom.

Simon Mumford shows how creative thinking can generate new activities for language learning.

Jason Anderson puts his cards on the table.

Jane Neill admires the adaptability of Cuisenaire rods.

Zhenhui Rao looks at ways in which teachers and students can work better together.

John Potts looks at verbs which tell us how things are, or how they appear to be.

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 will be given a copy of Lessons in Your Rucksack by John Hughes, published by Modern English Publishing.

John Hughes proposes some practical procedures for you to do it yourself, looking at how to design an exercise.

John Hughes proposes some practical procedures for you to do it yourself, covering materials design in this article.