Met Editor

John Potts adds more range to his language rainbow.

Listening is one of the four basic language skills that we teach in our classes but, in many ways, listening to our learners is just as important. Helena Gomm outlines the articles uploaded from our January 2016 issue.

Fari Greenaway looks at how we can make our students more effective learners, in study skills for teens.

Aida Rodomanchenko tenders some tips and techniques for teaching summarising.

Rachael Roberts continues her series on adapting your coursebook to suit your classes.In this issue, she does something different with listening activities.

Ken Milgate demonstrates that starting with an adverb is a good way to hint at the content of a sentence. He teaches this technique to students to help them add drama to their writing. 

Review of Focus on Assessment and Academic Publishing: Issues and Challenges in the Construction of Knowledge.

Robert McLarty describes a low preparation lesson with high yield.

Tim Cornwall describes three profiles of teachers all bringing different approaches to the Business English classroom.

In the first of a new series, Jamie Keddie looks at the possibilities for getting students to make video recordings.

The activity in this issue (which uses the photocopiable materials attached to the article PDF below), is part of a series that aims to develop the thinking skills of IELTS candidates. It was prepared by Louis Rogers and Nick Thorner, and focuses on the opinion-based questions in the Speaking paper.

Emily Edwards begins a three-part series on one-to-one teaching with a look at planning.

Paul Bress considers how communicative strategies enable learners to do a lot with low levels of linguistic competence.

Adapting your coursebook and not sure what to cut and what to keep? Nicola Prentis suggests a few grammar points you can easily leave out.

Jonathon Ryan and Leslie Forrest look at this neglected aspect of communication and suggest some practical activities for the classroom.