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This Scrapbook is on rabbits and hares ... Rabbits and hares are both members of the leporidae family. Most people can tell a rabbit from a hare by the difference in the length of their ears (hares have very long ears). However, the official difference between a rabbit and a hare is determined by ...

Flora Debora Floris and Willy A. Renandya describe how students can use technology to help tell stories.

When I was at secondary school, Monday morning assemblies were the low-point of the week – and not just because it was Monday morning. I remember the agony of sitting cross-legged on the floor for an hour, without moving once. The whole school emerged from this weekly gathering stiff and uncomfortable, having paid little attention and completely physically and mentally unprepared for the rest of the working day. For millions of unfortunate students around the globe, lack of opportunity to move around at school and, particularly, during lessons is a daily reality. The great tragedy is that the situation...

Creative Output: Activities for Teaching Speaking and Writingby Gerhard Erasmus and Hall Houston Erasmus and Houston 2017 978-1-537-12828-3 How do I keep my lessons interesting and fun over the long haul? This is a question most of us have had to ask at some point in our teaching careers. Students demand that their lessons should be both fun and interesting, perhaps more than ever, and it is part of the unspoken contract between the students and the teacher that they should be so. No matter how many training courses we have been on, and how many years of experience we...

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 considers all the fishes of the sea and other ‘counting’ anomalies.

Chaz Pugliese wants to turn the tide of education.

Scott Thornbury examines the assessment of progress and its implications for teaching

In our main feature, Richard Fielden-Watkinson outlines some of the changes and challenges that teachers currently face in the field of ELT.

Sasha Wajnryb reveals some of the realities of moving into academic management.

Activities for Very Young Learnersby Herbert Puchta and Karen Elliott CUP 2017 978-1-316-62273-5 I want to start this review by saying that I wish I had had this book when I was teaching very young English language learners. I started my teaching career in a private kindergarten in Hong Kong. To say I was unprepared would be an understatement. We had lots of storybooks, but I wasn’t sure how best to use them. When my students went off-task, I didn’t know how to get them back on-task.At the time, there were virtually no handbooks or resources for English language teachers...

Helena Gomm introduces issue 110.

This article offers a guide to some possible routes.

Daniel Xerri compares the duties of teachers and lighthouse keepers.

The term coaching has become ubiquitous. We can frequently hear it at conferences, maybe we know of institutions which offer coaching, or know of individuals who brand their services in this way. We may offer it as part of our own services, or employ the techniques of coaching as part of teaching or training. However, the term, the implications of its use and coaching’s exact nature are still often misunderstood.What coaching is notFirstly, let us look at some erroneous perceptions of coaching and misuse of the word:‘I am coaching a group of 13 year olds on vocabulary. The theme...

I’m sure most readers would agree that when it comes to teaching (and, in fact, life in general), it pays to know what you are doing!