Met Editor

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!

More tested lessons, suggestions, tips and techniques which have all worked for ETp readers.

Caireen Sever addresses high-level, high-status learners.

In his third featuring film article, Kieran Donaghy looks at using short films to teach vocabulary.

Benjamin Moorhouse exploits the popular genre of fan fiction to encourage young learners to write adaptations of stories they have read and enjoyed.

Lenora Haranaka's students improve their speaking skills outside class.

Sean H Toland uses travel vlogs to inspire his students to plan their own. 

Chia Suan Chong looks at what English teachers teach apart from language. In this issue, she looks at mindfulness and how it can help both students and teachers.

Nicky Hockly answers five questions about managing mobile devices in the classroom.

More tested lessons, suggestions, tips and techniques which have all worked for ETp readers. Try them out for yourself – and then send us your own contribution. All the contributors to this issue will receive a digital subscription to Modern English Teacher.

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 explores how digital games relate to language learning.

There are books which offer relevant theory and books which offer rich resources. Teaching Lexically satisfies on both counts.

Textploitation: Mining texts for all they are worthby David Byrne and Mark Heffernan Delta Publishing 2020 978-3-12-501579-1This is a book for teachers who would like to get more out of the texts they use in class. It has been written by two highly-experienced teachers and bloggers (more about their blog later). In the book’s introduction, the authors, David Byrne and Mark Heffernan, explain what motivated them to write Textploitation. They felt that texts were often underused in the classroom, and that they had the potential to be used to a greater extent to help students with vocabulary, grammar and...

ETp editor Helena Gomm introduces the articles uploaded from the latest issue.