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A trio of languages: language learning for teachers

Christopher Walker recommends that ex-pat teachers should learn three languages: their students’ mother tongue, English itself and a third, entirely new, language.

Business skills 1: meetings

Debbie Barton, Jennifer Burkart and Caireen Sever discuss the skills required for taking part in English language meetings.

Carry on testing!

Chris Payne and Lina Prieto propose preparing children for exams from the start.

Business skills 3: emailing

Debbie Barton, Jennifer Burkart and Caireen Sever show how writing emails, a key business skill, has to be learnt through instruction and practice.

In the music business

Marjorie Rosenberg strikes a melodic note with her students.

Bookwork is fun work!

Alex Case’s students look forward to opening their books.

All change!

Chaz Pugliese breaks down the barriers that stop us from becoming more creative teachers.

Five things you always wanted to know about TED Talks (but were afraid to ask)

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 an excellent online video resource.

Business skills 5: telephoning

Debbie Barton, Jennifer Burkart and Caireen Sever discuss the important business skill of making telephone calls in the English language.

Business skills 6: socialising

Debbie Barton, Jennifer Burkart and Caireen Sever outline how to teach socialising to Business English students.

Hoops

Chris Payne’s pupils have fun with hula hoops and revise their English at the same time.

Business skills 4: negotiations

Debbie Barton, Jennifer Burkart and Caireen Sever discuss how to teach successful negotiating to English language learners.

Trump card

Tim Thompson uses reality TV to teach practical business skills.

Fire your enthusiasm

Paul Bress encourages teachers to adopt a positive attitude.

Preparing to teach: Vocabulary 2

John Potts continues his consideration of the components of teaching new vocabulary items.