Editorial

Introducing this issue of HLT Magazine

Contributor's Guidelines

Major Articles

1. Online Experiences of Young Adults: Bahcesehir University English Preparatory School Context
   Fatos Ugur Eskicirak, Turkey
2. Low Level Writing Skills of ESL Students living in Lindon
   Ceren Okutan, Turkey
3. ‘That Class is Stressing Me Out!’: How Teachers Cope with Stress in a Turkish University - English Preparatory School
   Ahmet Bikmen, Qatar
4. Learning Through Tests: Does Testing Improve English Language Learning?
   Müjgan Büyüktaş Kara, Turkey
5. The Awareness and Preferences of EFL Students on their Perceptual Learning Styles
   Renan Saylağ, Turkey

Jokes

The Teacher Asked the Class to Use the Word "fascinate" in a Sentence…
submitted by Serap Onsoy, Turkey

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Short Articles

1. Getting Students to Use a Dictionary More Effectively
   Hande Özer, Turkey
2. On-cam and Confident: How to Increase Confidence Levels in ELT Students through Digital Media
   MaryDaphne Kostakopoulos, Turkey
3. Hindrances to Student Writers
   Gülistan Akmugan, Turkey
4. Academic Writing With ‘Non’ Academic Learners
   Saadet Pınar Çalgan and Zeynep Cansever, Turkey
5. The Application of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in Turkish Primary and Secondary Schools
   Arzu Nihan Küçük, Turkey
6. Let’s Think Back Again: Whose Culture to Teach?
   Ayşe Tan, Turkey

ESL Teaching Jobs

Ideas from the Corpora

Why and How to Teach Collocations?
Fatos Ugur Eskicirak, Turkey

Lesson Outlines

1. Collocations: Make – Do
   Ayşegül Özdemir, Turkey
2. Pre-writing Strategies for the Persuasive Essay
   Kader Demirci, Turkey
3. 1 Coupon 1 Word, 1000 Coupons 1000 Words
   Merve Oflaz, Turkey

Student Voices

Student Voices from Bahcesehir University English Preparatory School, Turkey

Publications

1. How Languages are Learned
   reviewed by Rahsan Kocoglu, Turkey
2. Psychology for English Language Teachers
   reviewed by Hale Unverir, Turkey
3. Task-Based Language Teaching
   reviewed by Beyza Yilmaz, Turkey
4. Teaching Second Language Writing: Interacting with Text
   reviewed by Gulistan Akmugan, Turkey
5. Language Domesticated (1): Does Foreign Language Learning Have to Hurt?
   Grzegorz Śpiewak and Marek Jannasz, Poland

An Old Exercise

Web 2.0 Based Vocabulary Activities
Fatos Ugur Eskicirak, Turkey

Pilgrims Course Outline

Dear Teachers: Message from the Pilgrims Team

Readers Letters

Teacher Resource Books Review

1. “Using Humour in the English Classroom”
   Geoff Tranter, Germany
2. “To and From the Land of the Dead” - a New Book from Michael Berman
   Michael Berman, UK
3. Anthroposophy A-Z: A Glossary of Terms Relating to Rudolf Steiner’s Spiritual Philosophy
   Henk van Oort, the Netherlands

Poems

1. Hollow-tel
   Maria do Céu Costa, Portugal
2. Christmas Poems
   Fiona James, UK

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