Editorial

Introducing this issue of HLT Magazine

Contributor's Guidelines

Major Articles

1. Stories and Change in Language Teaching
   Andrew Wright, Hungary
2. Why Use Games in the Language Classroom?
   Adam John Simpson, Turkey
3. The Colorful Gifts of Volunteering as a Teacher Trainer in Nepal
   Sezgi Yalin, North Cyprus

Jokes

Oh Bother, Brother
submitted by Marta Kędzierska, Poland

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Short Articles

1. A Bilingual Literacy Experience in Tertiary Education: A Study
   Raquel Fernández Fernández, Spain
2. I Will Shout It From the Rooftops! Writing a Reaction Essay
   Feride Hekimgil, Turkey
3. Teaching Connected Speech
   Abdullah Coskun, Turkey
4. Working Towards a Less Mistake-oriented Learning Environment and Assessment Culture
   Michel Fandel, Luxembourg
5. Introducing Portfolios in a Differentiated Classroom as a Means of Favouring Learner Autonomy and Student Reflection
   Anne Sier, Luxembourg
6. A Literary Return
   Lindsay Clandfield, Spain
7. Teaching Speaking
   Sharon de Hinojosa, Korea
8. Establishing Rapport with Your Students
   Ian Mole, UK
9. A Reflection on Classroom Observation: A Reminder Regarding Accommodating Different Learning Styles
   Kerry Mullan, Australia
10. How to Be Flexible and Adapt to Changes?
    Rani Innes, UK and India
11. Rudolph Steiner’s Theories and ELT (2): A reply to Stefan Rathert’s Article
    Tony Cañadas, Spain

ESL Teaching Jobs

Ideas from the Corpora

Demystifying Academic Written Grammar
Simon Mumford, Turkey

Lesson Outlines

1. Using Political and Economic Cartoons in the ESP Classroom
   Jean Jimenez, Italy
2. Putting Grammar in Its Place
   Simon Mumford, Turkey
3. Discovering the Norms of Ruringlish
   Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistan

Student Voices

Two Poems by Aleksandar Savic and Vojislav Bogosavljevic
submitted by Svetlana Gavrilovic, Serbia

Publications

Short Book Reviews
Hanna Kryszewska, Poland

An Old Exercise

Using Circles in the ELT Classroom
Michael Berman, UK

Pilgrims Course Outline

1. Course Outline
2. Pilgrims Song

Readers Letters

Teacher Resource Books Review

Shamanic Journeys, Shamanic Stories
Michael Berman, UK

Poems

1. Four Poems
   Maria do Céu Costa, Portugal
2. When Your Time Comes
   Michael Berman, UK

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