Humanising Language Teaching
Year 1; Issue 2; April 1999

Welcome to Issue 2 of HUMANISING LANGUAGE TEACHING

In Issue 1 I promised you that we would bring this 'zine out at six weekly intervals and so here we are. There is no reason why web publication should be sloppier than the print way.

In the first two weeks of its existence over 800 people visited HLT, so we feel in good initial contact with a few of you guys out there.

Parallel to the launch of Humanising Language Teaching, the main magazine worldwide for teachers of French, Le francais dans le Monde, has a special February 99 number devoted to humanism in language teaching (see under Publications), while in Austria English Language Teaching News has given over most of it February issue what they call "Alternative Methodologies". Editorially the magazine asks the question " Fringe into Mainstream?"

At last the humanistic current in language teaching is declaring itself and coming out in public. Until recently there have been many powerful, lone voices such as those of Adrian Underhill, John Fanselow, Earl Stevick, Bernard Dufeu but now it seems these voices are joining in chorus in forums like Affect in Language Learning, ed. Jane Arnold, CUP (see HLT, Issue 1)

The many mountain streams are becoming a mature river. Have a look at the Contents to see what most tempts you eye, heart or mind in this issue.

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Finally a correction:

Jane Arnold has pointed out that, in HLT Issue 1, we erroneously said that Trish Delamere contributed an article to Affect in Language Learning. We apologise for this inaccuracy. The reviewer also gave his opinion that the book would get attacked by the applied linguistics University gate-keepers. If this does happen then the woods will resound with the clash of antlers. How important will this be? Once they are safely through the gate how much do EFL teachers actually care about the "debates" in the EFL end of academia?

Mario Rinvolucri