Articles published in the ‘Issue 26: Spring 2009’ Category
English Through Music Anice Paterson and Jane Willis, Oxford University Press, 2008 Reviewed by Mark Lowe, IH Kielce All of us at International House, Kielce, Poland welcomed this book. We had recently won a major European Union contract to teach English to local children, and we were looking for materials that would help to make our lessons more ...
Teaching Teachers – Processes and Practices - A. Malderez & M. Wedell, (2007) Continuum ISBN 9780826484918 There are a great many books available for teachers who need to mentor and help those new to the teaching profession to learn more about it. Often these kinds of books can be directed at mentoring for a specific type of teaching ...
Review of Blended Learning, Using technology in and beyond the language classroom Pete Sharma & Barney Barrett, Macmillan Books for Teachers, 2007 (reviewed by Margaret Horrigan) Without a doubt the most innovative changes have occurred in the field of information technology in the last two decades. It has been moving so fast that it has been ...
Travels of an English Teacher, Part 2 (by Edward Anderson) On the road, April 15th After four months sailing the high seas of Southeast Asia, money was becoming a problem. It was time to return to the classroom. I had heard Vietnam was THE place for teachers of fortune, so I thought I’d try my luck. Luck, as ...
Under Construction (by Naomi Moir) It is clear that the teaching of English as a foreign language to young learners is on the rise. For many schools, teaching young learners is a potential area of growth. However, what kind of development each school needs to deal with this growth will vary depending on what state each ...
Building a bridge to China (by Peng Su and Stefano Maraessa) It's well known that other countries interest in China has been increasing in the past few years. China held the last Olympic games very successfully, both in the competitions and in the organisation. Its economy has been growing considerably, relationships with foreign countries have been ...
Doing the Delta; Doing the Distance (by Rachel Clark) Have you been teaching for at least a year post CELTA (or equivalent)? If so, do you feel it’s time for a bit more of a challenge in your teaching? Or do you feel you’d like to know more about theory and terminology? Or would you like to ...
by Christina Smolder English as an International Language (EIL) refers to the teaching of English for the purposes of international communication, or of English as a lingua franca. I first came across the notion of EIL while reading an article by Jennifer Jenkins (2002), called A sociolinguistically based, empirically researched pronunciation syllabus for English as an ...
by Christopher Holloway What do our clients expect from us? Are we living up to those expectations? Are we adding value for our clients in every class? Clear your mind. Now think of the key characteristics that you would expect of an external trainer coming into your company to have. Among others, you probably came up with: ...