Editorial

Introducing this issue of HLT Magazine

Contributor's Guidelines

Major Articles

1. Issues affecting the Development of Bilingualism within Japan-Based Biracial Children
   Damian Rivers, Japan
2. The Creative Self: Experiencing Literature through the Inward Eye
   Giovanna Zappu, Italy
3. Choice Theory for Teachers
   Mojca Belak, Slovenia
4. Strategies of Accommodating Mixed Ability Classes in EFL Settings: Teachers’ Armour in an Ongoing Battle
   Maria Xanthou and Pavlos Pavlou, Cyprus

Jokes

Adding a New Wing
sent in by Gill Johnson, UK

A Message from Tessa Woodward Call for Papers

Short Articles

1. The Way of the Kabbalist
   Michael Berman, UK
2. On Making Assumptions
   Bonnie Tsai, France
3. Misconception Analysis
   Khoram Balaee, Iran
4. Dance with your Students: Paradoxes for Change
   Chaz Pugliese, UK
5. Developing English Proficiency and Intercultural Competence, Through English-language Websites
   Caroline C. Hwang, US
6. Motivating Young Learners and Teenagers - From Research to the Classroom: A Few Ideas
   Roger O’Keeffe, Melilla
7. The Teacher as a Leader: Which Qualities Make a Teacher a Leader in the Classroom?
   Anna Vilhanova with Beate Walter, Slovakia
8. Do Teachers Speak the Same Language with the Students? It is Time to Tune in
   Evrim Üstünlüoğlu, Turkey
9. Off the Beaten Path: Project Work
   Hall Houston, Hong Kong
10. The Heart of the Matter: Talking to Students
    Lou Spaventa, US

ESL Teaching Jobs

Ideas from the Corpora

Grammatical Creativity in Learner Corpora
Wayne Rimmer, Russia

Lesson Outlines

1. Alphabet and Spelling Games
   Simon Mumford, Turkey
2. Make Your Brain Hurt
   Marcin Wolańczuk, Poland
3. An Integrated Lesson Plan
   Azra Ahmed, Pakistan
4. Englishness and Other Problems
   Monica Hoogstad, UK
5. Final Lesson: Chinese songs
   Jennifer Wallace, China

Student Voices

1. A Teacher Never Stops Being a Student
   Georgeta Stoenescu – Galati, Romania
2. Teaching English to Blind and Visually Impaired Pupils
   Anna Maria Aiazzi, Italy
3. Case Study: Special Educational Needs Children in Mainstream Education in Poland
   Anna Hyzniak, Poland

Publications

1. A Message from Tessa Woodward - the editor of TTTJ - The Teacher Trainer Journal
   Tessa Woodward, UK
2. Doing EFL Terminology the Wiki Way or How to Create a Free, Democratic and Useful Resource
   Jeremy Harmer, UK
3. Tick-Tack: A Novel Approach to Language Learning
   David Sephton, UK
4. EUROCALL Review Recommends ESOL Teacher's Unique Website
   Susan Alyn, US
5. New Headway Advanced Student’s Book
   reviewed by Neil McBeath, Saudi Arabia
6. People will never forget how you make them feel
   David Warr, UK
7. A Checklist for a Humanizing Approach to Language Teaching
   Francisco Gomes de Matos, Brazil

An Old Exercise

Story Skeletons
collected and written by John Morgan

Pilgrims Course Outline

1. Our Three New Courses in 2008
   Mario Rinvolucri, UK
2. My Pilgrims Memories
   Adam Borowski, Poland

Readers Letters

Teacher Resource Books Review

A Touch of Culture
Gill Johnson and Mario Rinvolucri, UK

Poems

1. Language Learning for Peace
   Francisco Gomes de Matos, Brazil
2. So My Enemy
   Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistan

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