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Online discussions: strategies for active interaction

Lucas Kohnke introduces strategies for motivating students to participate effectively in online discussions – particularly important with much teaching currently going online.

The value of video

Michael Reed finds filming trainees improves teacher training.

Motivational mantras

Douglas Williams has ten timely tips for teachers.

Think differently? Think different!

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 thinks we should re-think our thinking.

From research to reality: exam study strategies

Magnus Coney offers the final article in his series on putting theoretical insights to practical use and reviews different approaches to studying for exams.

Over the wall: reviewing books with fantasy worlds

Alan Maley visits other worlds.

Silence in a locked-down world: the value of quiet

Jeremy Harmer explains how the changes brought about by Covid have given him a greater appreciation of the role of silence in many forms of communication.

Scrapbook: Presents

Gems, titbits, puzzles, foibles, quirks, bits & pieces, quotations, snippets, odds & ends on the theme of presents. Includes photocopiable materials. 

Echo, echo, echo…

Nicholas Northall tells us to beware of repeating what our learners say.

The grammar dilemma

Carmen Garrido Barra heeds the experts and makes informed choices

Playing the game

Louis Rogers doesn’t see why business students shouldn’t have some fun.

Oppan ELT style

Michael Morgan liberates his pedagogy with Psy.

What exactly are we doing here?

Eric Atkinson asks if success in English is the correct measure of successful English teaching

Students in a hurry

Paul Bress counsels patience with the impatient.

It works in practice: all heart, all ears and more

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