Met Editor

Maxwell Clark rounds up some rules for roleplays.

Douglas Williams asks why and how we should test our students.

Handoyo Puji Widodo and Andrzej Cirocki analyse the academic essay.

Paul Bress praises a much-forgotten quality.

Ken Lackman centres his method on his students.

William Chaves Gomes reviews an e-book full of teaching tips and activities based around the subject of brainstorming.

As more and more teachers are returning to the classroom, or teaching hybrid classes, with some students physically present and others still online, our contributors are, as always, looking for creative ways to make the best of things and discovering methods and approaches that they will continue to employ, once things return to ‘normal’.

The very title of this magazine assumes that English language teaching is a profession rather than an industry. In fact, whenever I am editing an article in which the writer refers to the ELT ‘industry’, I tend to change industry to profession, because it does nobody any favours to sanction the view that teaching is just another job. Many dedicated professionals have worked long and hard to improve the image of ELT. According to Keith Copley in our main feature, the battle is not yet won. He warns that the bad old days when English language teaching was described...

Chris Payne insists on the importance of planning how we teach vocabulary.

Ross Thornburn reviews Inside Online Language Teaching: Conversations about the Future That Became The Present

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 examines blended learning.

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

Sandi Ferdiansyah shares his love of film with his students.

Sasan Baleghizadeh and Hadi Barzegar promote teamwork and a team activity.

Chris Roland primes his students for success by oiling the wheels in advance.