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ETpedia Management 500 ideas for managing an English Language schoolFiona Dunlop, Keith Harding and Robert McLartyPavilion Publishing 2019ISBN: 978-1-912755-27-1This review starts with a double disclaimer. First, the reviewer has had a prior professional relationship with one of the authors, not that that colours any opinions. Secondly, given it’s the reviewer’s first attempt at a book review, undertaken somewhat hastily, the quality may not be up to the usual quality of this section! Nevertheless, let us proceed.They say you should never judge a book by its cover, but that’s exactly where I’m going to start. 500 ideas for managing an...

Benjamin Moorhouse describes three apps and e-tools which offer support and encouragement to cultivate a positive attitude to writing and get young learners to develop their writing skills.

Graham Burton teaches graphemes to show the connection between spelling and pronunciation, and to make knowledge of the pronunciation of letter combinations transferable to similar words.

Thomas Ziegelwagner uses razor commercials on YouTube to increase awareness of pronunciation errors and the correct pronunciation of certain letter combinations.

David Heathfield uses a Malaysian tale about a cunning mouse-deer and a hungry crocodile to encourage prediction and engagement before reading a story. 

Ken Milgate suggests eight activities involving the senses, which can evoke cherished memories and encourage our students to talk freely about them.

Manage is a tricky, if useful, verb in English. ‘I managed to get the last ticket.’, ‘So you managed to find us.’, ‘Can you manage?’ or ‘Did you manage to finish in time?’ are all everyday expressions for many of us. In all of them there is a suggestion of difficulty being overcome or balls being kept in the air. This issue takes management in English language teaching as its theme and as you read through the articles, you will see it viewed from a lot of different perspectives.Teachers spend a lot of time managing their classes and this...

Change comes in many shapes and forms for teachers, trainers and people in publishing – the changes can vary from the mundane through to life changing experiences. Kirsten Holt, the Head of Pavilion ELT, discusses the different components of CHANGE.

In our main feature this issue, Glenda Demes da Cruz says putting the students first makes us better teachers.

David Heathfield uses a Russian tale about a stubborn and lazy husband and wife to recommend using physical expression to bring comical stories to life. Includes photocopiable materials. 

Daniela Incze suggests a number of warm-up exercises to help young learners manage the transition between the outside world and the classroom more successfully.

Kayvon Havaei-Ahary presents the present perfect.

Ken Lackman helps his students make the most of lexical structures by getting them to extract potential useful chunks from texts and employing them to create new texts on different topics.

Chia Suan Chong looks at what English teachers teach apart from language. In this issue, she considers social-emotional learning and the importance of learning and teaching the skills it encompasses.

Richard Pinner has some advice for protecting the voice.