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IELTS As a Native Speaker

The author of this piece takes the IELTS and sees what he can learn to help his students.

Choosing a coursebook

Ana Lía Passarotto examines the factors involved in making the right choice.

Read On! Using Readers in Italian Schools

This article describes a major initiative in Italy to encourage reading in English.

Preparing students for exams 1

Fiona Aish and Jo Tomlinson reveal how they prepare students for PTE Academic.

Teambuilding

Sarah Portell gives her students experience in communicating for a common cause.

English teaching pronunciation: debates and dichotomies

Difficult to teach? Difficult to learn? John Hughes addresses some of the debates surrounding the teaching of pronunciation.

Symbols and diagrams

Simon Mumford creates concrete representations of abstract concepts.

What Has a Corpus Ever Done for You?

This article assesses the impact of corpora on ELT.

Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Business English Reading Lessons

The ability to read and analyse texts in business is more important than ever nowadays. Take, for example, the employee who has to study data from a report in order to prepare a presentation or a manager who needs to read and assess the latest economic news in order to make informed strategic decisions.

Doing Versus Knowing

An article on coursebook materials and the adult L2 listener.

Being Strategic: Adult Learners and Speaking

This article underlines the fact that if adults want to learn to speak well they have to develop some key communication strategies.

‘General Advancedophobia’ Is There a Cure?

This article looks at the challenges of teaching general English to adults at an advanced level.

A is for Adults

This article discusses what is different about teaching English to adults.

Heads up, heads down, heads together

This article proposes a practical new perspective for planning lessons.

English Teaching professional 95

Helena Gomm provides details of what's inside issue 95 of English Teaching professional