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John Potts shows how the wrong word can upset the apple tart.

Pete Clements, Sarah Smith and their colleagues learn the benefits of quality circles.

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 discusses teaching speaking skills online.

Editor Robert McLarty introduces the latest issue of MET and looks at what the future holds for the English language.

A collection of papers from a range of international scholars on important sociolinguistic issues.

Chris Payne looks at how Processing Instruction might be used in the classroom to deal with areas of language that are resistant to teaching, resulting in habitual student errors.

Stephanie Hirschman praises the power of the program.

I have been a teacher and trainer for over 30 years and, in that time, I have been introduced to, and have tried out, a huge number of tasks, activities and approaches. Lots of them have worked, many have been

Chris Roland offers some kinaesthetic tasks for children.

Robert Lowe suggests how to achieve a fully inclusive classroom.

Lindsay Warwick describes a supported experiment where she assesses her own use of questions in class.

Robin Walker continues his series on English as a lingua franca by looking at lexis.

A title from the Oxford Key Concepts series which is designed to provide a link between research and practice for second language teachers.

In his main feature, Charles Lowe asserts that there are many lexical chunks that are simply not useful for speakers of International English, or whose meanings are not immediately transparent, and he recommends that we don’t teach them, focusing instead on language that they are more likely to understand and to use.

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 looks at IWBs (interactive whiteboards).