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Peer needs analysis

How Jason Anderson discovered that peer needs analysis could be much more than just a piece of admin and a range of activities and ideas for peer needs analysis which he has found useful in his own classroom. Includes photocopiable materials. 

Paradoxes for change

Chaz Pugliese advocates a less polarised way of thinking in the classroom.

Maintaining the gain

Paul Bress sees how important it is to keep students motivated.

Erin Herrick signals what she is going to do in every lesson.

Erin Herrick signals what she is going to do in every lesson.

Language Log: Always + present continuous

John Potts charts the intricacies and idiosyncrasies, the contradictions and complications that make the English language so fascinating for teachers and teaching. In this issue, he suggests that just because we’re always doing something, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a bad thing.

Preparing to teach: should, ought to and had better

John Potts considers doing the right thing.

Tense and time

Simon Mumford offers some activities for stucture practice.

Sign here!

Paul Bress uses learning contracts to confront role confusion in today’s ELT classroom.

Crosscurricular projects

Simon Andrewes crosses frontiers in the language classroom.

From ‘me’ to ‘my profession’

Duncan Foord’s concentric circles define our development as English teaching professionals.

Big words, small grammar

Scott Thornbury takes note that some words are more important than others.

Book review – FCE Interactive

Alex Case recommends a program for students and schools trying to add something extra to their FCE preparation courses

Learning coach: speaking skills

Daniel Barber and Duncan Foord advocate teachers spending less time teaching and more time coaching their students to do more learning outside class. In the third article of their series, they look at coaching learners in speaking skills.

Speaking spontaneously: drama to make speaking personal

David Heathfield offers some simple drama techniques to make speaking more personal.

International intelligibility

For Robin Walker the pronunciation cup is half full rather than half empty.
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