Editorial

Introducing this issue of HLT Magazine

Contributor's Guidelines

Major Articles

1. Learner Agency and Engagement: Believing You Can, Wanting To, And Knowing How To
   Sarah Mercer, Austria
2. Young learners’ Learning Styles in Magic Book I and Magic Book II: Mission Accomplished?
   Marina Mattheoudakis and Thomai Alexiou, Greece
3. The Courage to Be a Language Learner
   Peter D. MacIntyre, Canada, Tammy Gregersen, US and Esther Abel, Canada
4. The Horse, the Water, And the Horse’s Reflection: Understanding Language Learner Narrative Identity in the Classroom
   Stephen Ryan, Senshu University, Tokyo
5. How to Ensure Discipline in the Classroom
   Feride Hekimgil, Turkey

Jokes

Testing Times: Marriage the Ultimate Test
Geoff Tranter, Germany

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Short Articles

1. Psychology and ELT: The Long Reach of Emotions
   Nick Michelioudakis, Greece
2. Classroom Anxiety and Young Language Learners: Broadening the Scope of the Research Agenda
   Ruben Correia, Portugal
3. A Study on the Dynamic Peer Orientation of Foreign Lnguage Anxiety: A Classroom Perspective
   Masoud Mahmoodzadeh, Iran
4. Psychology and ELT: Social Exclusion. ‘Why will nobody play with me?
   Nick Michelioudakis, Greece
5. Drawing on Insights from Group Dynamics to Grapple with the Contextual “Mess” in the Classroom
   Elena Ončevska Ager, Republic of Macedonia
6. Neurodrama in ELT- How to Plan a Lesson with the Brain in Mind?
   Alicja Gałązka, Poland
7. Fostering Affective Responses to Picturebooks in the Young Learner Classroom
   Sandie Mourão, Portugal
8. The Role of Portfolio Assessment in Developing Selected Aspects of Learner Autonomy
   Anna Czura, University of Wrocław, Poland
9. Using Literature as a Key Determinant to Enhance Learners’ Motivation
   Neophytos Mitsigkas, UK and Cyprus

Ideas from the Corpora

Using a Pedagogic Corpus to Develop Language Awareness
Christian Jones and Daniel Waller, UK

Lesson Outlines

1. Guess my Job
   Mohammed Arroub, Jordan
2. IELTS Speaking Task 2: A Systematic and Structural Approach
   David Beauchamp, Thailand

Student Voices

On the Complexity of Language and Teaching: Reflections of a Fulbright Teaching Assistant in Portugal
Anthony Otey, US

Publications

1. What Should I Read Next? – CLICK by Ori and Rom Brafman
   Nick Michelioudakis, Greece
2. Short Book Reviews
   Hanna Kryszewska, Poland

An Old Exercise

Making the Classroom Alive
Beata Wojciechowska, Poland

Pilgrims Course Outline

Autumn at Pilgrims

Readers Letters

Teacher Resource Books Review

Keynote a New Course from National Geographic Learning

Poems

1. Selected Poems
   Phuong Le, Vietnam
2. Phoenix New Life Poetry, Summer 2015, No 57

C for Creativity

1. Combining Creativities: the Easiest Way In
   Chaz Pugliese, France
2. The C Group News: Alan Maley’s Blog, the IATEFL Scholarship and How to Join The C Group

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