Met Editor

Helena Gomm reviews three books as part of Helbling’s new Shakespeare series.

Janice Shipton reviews Activities for Task-Based Learning by Neil Anderson and Neil McCutcheon.

A series of e-books by Pete Jones are reviewed by Michelle Dickson and Fabio Cerpelloni

Leslie Forrest reviews Story-Based Language Teaching by Jeremy Harmer and Herbert Puchta.

Kat Robb reviews For Real Plus by Martyn Hobbs and Julia Starr Keddle.

Mark Rooney reviews 30 Language Teaching Methods Scott Thornbury.

John Hughes reviews a straightforward business English course

In our main feature, Martin Bastkowski outlines his vision for more efficient teaching, in which simple techniques and routines save time and effort on the part of teachers, thus freeing up more opportunities for learning and allowing everyone to focus on the job in hand, rather than wasting time hunting for old worksheets or trying to remember activities used successfully in the past.

David Dodgson gets to grips with gaming.

Alex Case describes how teachers can use balls in throwing and catching games and other activities as a fun way to get students to practise language. 

Gems, titbits, puzzles, foibles, quirks, bits and pieces, quotations, snippets, odds and ends. 

Mohammed Arroub considers the homework dilemma.

In this article, Nicky Hockly explores Personal Learning Networks and how they can help teachers with their ongoing professional development.

Brad Perks uses Edmodo to help his students share personal information.

Chia Suan Chong looks at what English teachers teach apart from language. In this issue, she looks at intercultural competence and how we can promote it.