Robert McLarty

The theme of this issue is Listening, Speaking and Pronunciation. Each of these areas suffer from the fact that there are fewer rules to teach and that they are far more dependent on physicality and personality. I am delighted to have received some excellent articles offering genuinely new approaches to all three areas. Enjoy the issue and have yourselves a fabulous 2018!

"These days, unless the learner really wants it, the only contact with the language is in the classroom. Online contacts tend to be in the mother tongue and with social media taking up such a large part of waking hours, a lot of time is dedicated to non-English activities."In his January editorial, Robert McLarty considers the context behind this month's theme - English for Academic Purposes - and introduces the articles you'll find inside the issue.

The theme of this issue is Teacher Development and it is interesting to note that this is the second time we have had an issue on this topic. It was chosen after a survey on Twitter and more than half of the issue is dedicated to it.

This issue takes management in English language teaching as its theme and as you read through the articles, you will see it viewed from a lot of different perspectives.

A note from the editor.