Editorial

Introducing this issue of HLT Magazine

Contributor's Guidelines

Major Articles

1. ‘More Research is Needed’ – A Mantra Too Far?
   Alan Maley, UK
2. Responses to the Chapter: More Research is Needed – A Mantra Too Far?
   Jim Scrivener, Willy Cardoso, Peter Medgyes, Mario Saraceni, Dat Bao, Tom Farrell, Tamas Kiss, Richard Watson-Todd, Scott Thornbury, David A. Hill, Brian Tomlinson, Rod Ellis, Rod Bolitho, Penny Ur and Adrian Underhill
3. Background Knowledge and Educational Experience Indices of Success in Poetry Instruction: Action Research
   Sohila Faghfori and Ali Khodi, Iran
4. Imperatives and Structures with Imperative Meaning in English Language Teaching
   Petranka Ruseva, Bulgaria
5. Looking Beyond English: Language and Development for 2015
   Steven Graham, Cambodia

Jokes

Shanghai Surprised
Robin Usher, Hungary

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Short Articles

1. When Two Languages Collide: French Culture Assimilation and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Instruction in Canada
   Michael T. R. Madill, South Korea
2. It’s About Pronunciation Not Accent
   Ezana Habte-Gabr, Ethiopia
3. Is It Always the Teacher’s Fault?
   Mandana Arfa Kaboodvand, Iran
4. Language and Power: Critical Practice in ELT in the Chinese Classroom
   Ka Hang Wong, Australia
5. Alternative Brainstorming: New Approaches to Systematic Writing
   Ryan Eller, US
6. Don’t Panic! It’s Not the Titanic: Tips for Classroom Management
   Merve Oflaz, Turkey

Ideas from the Corpora

Using Words from Pop Songs
Simon Mumford, Turkey

Lesson Outlines

1. Skating
   Mark Fletcher, UK
2. Authentic Teaching: Less is More
   Joanna Łucka and Daria Domagała, Poland
3. Downloadable Worksheets from Tune into English March and April 2016
   Fergal Kavanagh, Italy

Student Voices

Pre-Service Teachers/MA Students at University of Gdańsk, Poland, Review Books on Using ICT in Language Teaching (1),
collected by Hanna Kryszewska, Poland

Publications

1. Short Book Reviews: Featuring Exclusively The Round Minis
   Hanna Kryszewska, Poland
2. English for Diplomatic Purposes, ed. Patricia Friedrich
3. Clean Language in the Classroom, a New Book by Julie McCracken
   Crown House Publishing

An Old Exercise

English in Primary Schools of Kazakhstan
Zaure Kulchikenova, Kazakhstan

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Readers Letters

Teacher Resource Books Review

Dream On from a New Book Interaction Online, CUP
Lindsay Clandfield and Jill Hadfield, UK

Poems

1. So
   Danijela Bojanić, Serbia
2. Nature
   Rushan Ziatdinov, Republic of Korea

C for Creativity

1. Ways of Promoting Creativity in the Classroom
   Vicky Saumell, Argentina
2. Questionnaire on Teachers’ Views about Various Aspects of Creativity in Language Teaching
   Tamas Kiss, Hungary, and Alan Maley, UK
3. Daniel Xerri and Sarah Mercer Are Organising a Conference on Creativity on 23 September 2016

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