Met Editor

Kat Robb explains what motivated her to adopt this approach.

David Heathfield chooses a tale from China about a foolish man. 

Mark Dawson-Smith reviews Fairness, Justice, and Language Assessment: The Role of Measurement by Tim McNamara, Ute Knoch and Jason Fan.

Daryl Streat reviews Language Course Planning by Brian North, Mila Angelova, Ezlbieta Jarosz, and Richard Rossner.

Chris Roland shows that his students can more or less write anywhere.

Margaret Horrigan sings the praises of an enduring activity.

Chris Roland grinds down his approach to tasks to stop trouble brewing with his teens.

We are heading into summer here in New Zealand and as we approach the end of the semester, we are dealing with results. I am always interested in the student who didn’t quite achieve. What happened? Did they realise they were not going to get through? What could they have done about it? Did they fully understand the criteria they would be assessed on? It is particularly striking here, because most of our students have come to one of the most remote parts of the world, either as refugees, or as international students, to move on academically and socially....

Results from a survey carried out in August 2019.

Rakesh Bhanot reviews Successful International Communication

Designed to equip students with the tools necessary for academic success, Reading and Writing 3 contains new features such as notetaking and the use of authentic video.

The recent proliferation of portable electronic dictionaries has had a marked effect on vocabulary learning, study skills and classroom behaviour. Johanna Stirling describes some of the challenges and opportunities they present and suggests some practical techniques and activities for using them to enhance rather than interfere with the learning process.

Tim Strike and Magda Tebbutt highlight essential needs and ways of mastering them.

Difficult to teach? Difficult to learn? John Hughes looks at intonation.

Whilst acknowledging that there is a role for competition in the classroom, Maksim Gusev shows how competitive games can be adapted to replace rivalry with cooperation.