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Communicative clarity

This article argues the need fora clearer goal.

Lexical Grammar

Jonathan Marks reviews Lexical Grammar by Leo Selivan.

Teaching English for the maritime sector

Peter Read and Ben Dobbs describe this rapidly developing ESP field.

Scrapbook: expressing yourself

Written by teachers for teachers: gems, titbits, puzzles, foibles, quirks, bits and pieces about expressing yourself

Over the wall: reviewing books about thinking

Alan Maley is in two minds.

Language Log – All you need is get

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 gets us thinking about get.

Changing places

Alan Beckerleg charts his experience of maps that motivate.

The power of four: activities involving the number four

Stephanie Hirschman finds four to be a very useful number in many ways, and she describes a series of activities which harness the possibilities of groups of four things. Includes photocopiable materials. 

Intrinsic motivation and autonomy

Samantha Russell proposes five practical steps to implement student choice.

Do something different with your coursebook 2

Rachael Roberts continues her series on adapting your coursebook to suit your classes. In this article, she does something different with use of English exercises.

Not only, but also: teamwork skills

Chia Suan Chong looks at what English teachers teach apart from language. In this issue, she considers teamwork skills and how these will benefit students in class and beyond.

Getting to grips with texts

Simon Mumford looks into different ways of exploiting longer reading texts.

Issue 89: discipline; empowering students; gaming strategies and more

Helena Gomm gives us the lowdown on issue 89 of English Teaching professional.

Activity corner: performing functional roleplays

Jon Marks offers downloadable activities looking at performing functional roleplays.

Teaching one-to-one

Ingrid Wisniewska enumerates five key roles for teachers with just one student.
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