Editorial

Introducing this issue of HLT Magazine

Contributor's Guidelines

Major Articles

1. The Impact of English Autonomously: Students‘ Perceptions
   Lenka Zouhar Ludvíková, Czech Republic
2. Videoconferencing in English for Law Courses: Cooperation and Politeness Principles Revisited
   Alena Hradilová, Czech Republic
3. Graves in Practice: Innovating the English for Laboratory Technicians Course at Masaryk University
   Ladislav Václavík, Czech Republic
4. The Possible Selves in a Global Coursebook
   Jana Kubrická, Czech Republic

Jokes

To Laugh or not to Laugh...
Silvie Bilková, Czech Republic

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Short Articles

1. Collaborative, Content & Language Integrated, and Problem-Based Learning of English: Development and Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Language Course for Science Students
   Robert Helán, Hana Němcová and Markéta Kovaříková, Czech Republic
2. From the Classroom and Back: How to Engage your Students in Language Learning When the Lesson Is Over
   Radim Herout, Czech Republic
3. Presentation Abstracts as a Tool for Student Motivation in ESP Classes
   Barbora Chovancová and Štěpánka Bilová, Czech Republic
4. 5 Reasons to Use Literature in (English) Language Classes (of any Level)
   Martina Šindelářová Skupeňová, Czech Republic
5. Humanizing Teaching and Learning with an Expert Help
   Eva Čoupková and Vojtěch Kejzlar, Czech Republic
6. Latin as a Language for Specific Purposes: Its Development and Current Trends
   Jozefa Artimová and Libor Švanda, Czech Republic

Ideas from the Corpora

It's All About Data: Students of Science Meet Language as Data and Gain a Skill for Life
James Thomas, Czech Republic

Lesson Outlines

1. Can You Outsmart Your Smarts?
   Eva Trumpešová-Rudolfová, Czech Republic
2. Flying Eggs
   Libor Štěpánek, Czech Republic
3. Photo Law Stories: Civil and Criminal Procedure Vocabulary Practice
   Štěpánka Bilová, Radmila Doupovcová and Barbora Chovancová, Czech Republic
4. Animalising Language Teaching
   Jitka Žváčková, Czech Republic
5. Getting Everyone´s Feet Wet in an ESP/EAP Course
   Radomíra Bednářová and Jana Kubrická, Czech Republic
6. Series of Micro-tasks Leading to a Successful Academic Presentation and Formal Summary
   Hana Katrňáková, Czech Republic

Student Voices

Discoveries on Learning English Differently
Eva Trumpešová-Rudolfová, Czech Republic

Publications

1. ETP Publications
2. Short Book Reviews
   Hanna Kryszewska, Poland

An Old Exercise

1. Getting to Know Each Other: Icebreakers in ESP (or Elsewhere)
   Štěpánka Bilová, Radmila Doupovcová, Barbora Chovancová and Hana Němcová, Czech Republic
2. Curious Animal Law Stories: Criminal Procedure Vocabulary Practice
   Veronika de Azevedo Camacho, Czech Republic
3. The Image and Political Caricature in a French for Lawyers Classroom
   Kateřina Sedláčková, Czech Republic
4. How to Deal with Technical Terminology in the Course of English for Laboratory Technicians
   Ladislav Václavík, Czech Republic
5. Making Studying Smarter
   Monika Ševečková, Czech Republic
6. Taboo Words: Practice Definitions and Defining
   Eva Čoupková, Czech Republic

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Pilgrims News

Readers Letters

Teacher Resource Books Review

1. The Study Skills Handbook by Stella Cottrell
   reviewed by Eva Trumpešová-Rudolfová, Czech Republic
2. New Books from Routledge

Poems

Five-minute Poetry, by anonymous students of English Based on Literary Texts Course taught at Masaryk University Language Centre

C for Creativity

1. Storytelling Students: Creating a Virtuous Cycle
   David Heathfield, UK
2. C Group Blog Post
   Alan Maley, UK

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