Editorial

Introducing this issue of HLT Magazine

Contributor's Guidelines

Major Articles

1. A Case Study of Current Team Teaching Perspectives
   Michael Okamoto, Japan
2. Motivating Literature Assessment in an EFL Setting
   Phuong thi Anh LE, Vietnam
3. A Comparative Investigation of Academic Abstracts between Iranian and British Universities: A Focus on Discourse Markers
   Mehdi Mirzaei and Mohammad Reza Hasannejad, Iran
4. An Investigation of Grammar Problems Facing English Language Learners
   Eman Elturki, United States
5. Towards Rapport, Affect and Increasingly More Humanistic Teaching
   Consuela Popa, Romania
6. The Use of Team Teaching and its Effect on EFL Students' Proficiency in English
   Robin Usher, Hungary

Jokes

Marriage Humour
submitted by Aleksandra Arceusz, Poland

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Short Articles

1. Techniques For Teaching Conversations
   Thinh Le Van, Viet Nam
2. To What Extent Should Explicit Grammar Teaching Techniques Be Applied In Order To Promote Implicit Learning?
   Talat Bulut, Taiwan (R.O.C.); Huseyin Uysal and H. Kubra Saygili, Turkey
3. ‘Teacher I am Too Shy to Speak English: Drama Is the Perfect Tool
   H. Kubra Saygili and S. Esra Saygili, Turkey
4. The Power of Laughter Exercises in Learning
   Danny Singh, UK and Italy
5. The Magic of Ho’oponopono – or How to Find Peace Even with the Most Difficult Pupil in Your Class
   Verena Flocke, Germany
6. Employ New Online Tools for the English Language Teaching
   Evelina Jaleniauskiene, Lithuania
7. Dissemination of Grundtvig workshop "Empowering Women's Leadership within Civil Society", Caux, Switzerland, 2013
   Nicoleta Cibu, Romania

ESL Teaching Jobs

Ideas from the Corpora

Chunks-based Language Learning - Theory and Practice For the Classroom
Manjula Duraiswamy, India

Lesson Outlines

1. Lesson Plan for Very Young Learners
   Zeineb Haider, Libya
2. Funny Horoscope: Making Predictions and Giving Advice
   Albert P’Rayan, India
3. Mnemonics for Learning Grammar
   Simon Mumford, Turkey
4. The All About Me Collage Cube
   Michael Aliprandini, Italy
5. Back to Basics, Using Magazine Pictures with Omani Agriculture, Commerce and Media Studies Students
   Neil Mcbeath, Oman

Student Voices

Writing From Different Angles: Julian’s Linguistic Journey From a Kenyan Village Primary School To an American University
Christopher Garth, Japan

Publications

1. Review of English Hero - Texthelp's English Language Learning Software
   reviewed by Chris Pim, UK
2. Short Book Reviews
   Hanna Kryszewska, Poland

An Old Exercise

All Is Good In Its Season
Elena Kashina, Russia

Pilgrims Course Outline

Pilgrims News

Readers Letters

Teacher Resource Books Review

1. Dictionary of Second Language Teaching Techniques
   George B. Patterson II, Philippines
2. The Inner Rainbow: An illustrated history of human consciousness from Ancient India to the present day
   presented by Henk van Oort, the Netherlands

Poems

Just with Memories
Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistan

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