Current issue: 19:2 April 2010

The current issue of Modern English Teacher has been published and posted to subscribers.

In this issue of Modern English Teacher:

KEYNOTE
New horizons in language philosophy and teaching
Mark Lowe explores how ideas from a number of different sources are having an effect on language teaching.

ABOUT LANGUAGE
Small differences in grammar make big differences in meaning
Bill Littlewood describes an activity in which students interpret the effects on meaning of different choices in grammar.
The Idiot’s Guide to big grammar items Part 2
Other uses of prepositions.
Theyism and Atheyism
Nick Shepherd spells out his personal view of a confused area: how to say he/she when you don’t know whether you are talking about a man or a woman.
Bits and pieces

PRACTICAL IDEAS
Reviewing language in class
Hall Houston looks at some fun ways to consolidate language from earlier lessons.
Drawing on drawing games: Part three
Alex Case gets students involved in drawing competitions, challenges and cooperation.
Reinforced language tasks using video
Dr Divya John has some more videobased activities for the classroom.
A Consciousness-Raising (CR) approach to teaching English grammar
Handoyo Puji Widodo emphasizes the need to teach grammar.
Logic for language learning 2
Simon Mumford turns his attention to variations on traditional exercises.
The shorter the better
María Palmira Massi and Bettiana Blázquez delve into using shorts in ELT.

ELTons 2010

DRAMA
Augusto Boal: Theatre of the Oppressed and ELT
JJ Wilson shows how to adapt real theatre for some fun classroom activities.

WRITING
What about a feedback revolution in the writing classroom?
Icy Lee argues for a completely new approach to feedback

IT MADE ME THINK
Give students space
Ruth Keene asks teachers not to rush learners to produce new language.
Wiki is not Twitty
Verena Laschinger explains why she thinks we need to teach students how to use Wikipedia.

TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
EFL Teacher development: a reflective model
Zhu Huimin shares her reflections on future teacher development.
Teachers as action managers
Roy Edwards describes an approach to teacher-led professional development.

REVIEWS

A Book I’ve Used
New English File (Beginner)
Stefan Rathert
Meetings/Cambridge English for Job Hunting/Introduction to International Legal English
Dr. Nataša Bakič Mirič
Advanced Learners
Neil McBeath
Teaching Unplugged: Dogme in English Language Teaching
Terri Edwards
The developing teacher: Practical activities for professional development
Roger Barnard
Teacher Training Through Video: ESL Techniques
Sandee Thompson

Background Books
Background Books
Teaching Second Language Listening
Wayne Rimmer
Online Communication in Language Learning and Teaching
James Frith
Corpora and Language Teaching
Jonathan Marks