Robert McLarty

'How long are you planning on doing that for?’ It was the end of the seventies, and I was chatting to my father about what I planned to do career-wise, having graduated with a degree in French. At the time, I had spent a year abroad teaching in a French high school and two summer vacations looking after (well OK, ‘teaching’) groups of kids doing English courses in my hometown. All I really wanted to do was get back to France and be able to work enough to enjoy life. Maybe even write the novel which was fighting to...

Editor Robert McLarty introduces the latest issue.

Robert McLarty introduces the topic of this issue and summarises the articles.

A note from the editor

The weather lately will leave most of us convinced that global warming is the cause. The content of the articles on this topic in this issue show how far we have come since I started teaching but also how far we still have to go.

A note from the editor

Our editor introduces the topic of this issue and summarises the articles.

This month's issue contains articles on the theme of AI.

These activities can be adapted for any level but is useful at the start of the year.

The editor of MET discusses the importance of grammar and vocabulary.

Whether you are a grammar lover or not, I am sure you will get a lot from this issue; as ever there are new looks at old issues and some completely up-to-date observations on classrooms around the world.

The theme of this issue is professional development (PD) and what the teachers are doing here is one very intensive form of it.

How do you have ideas? Do we all have them, but some people don’t share them? You will find activities designed to encourage critical thinking throughout this month's magazine.

The theme of this issue is approaches, and I suppose to teach the expression used in my example a functional approach would be a possible start.

This issue had the theme of ‘young adults and secondary teaching’ but, to be honest, so many of the articles come from that context that I have decided to give them more specific sub-themes to make it easier for you to find your way around.