Letter 1

Hi Hanna

Congratulations on your new appointment. I am old Pilgrim + an old (long-standing) friend of Mario and of the late John Morgan...

Years ago I also taught at 2 summer camps in Poznan with the British Council etc. etc. in fact, I have been a TEFLER since 1972 and am the founder editor of Language Issues - the journal of NATECLA.

http://www.natecla.org.uk/

Incidentally, I have been using the haiku to get feedback from workshops for years, viz the evaluation comprises a haiku.

What is your deadline - a concept Mario was unfamiliar with - for the next issue of HLT.

Rakesh Bhanot

Letter 2

Hello Hania,

First of all I would like to congratulate you again on your first issue. You have done a wondeful job and I am sure you'll have more successful issues. Thank you very much for publishing my lesson outline(Activities for pupils with different learning styles). I feel very proud. There's only one thing that my school's name first letter is missing (FMV not MV) and also one letter in my name(Songul not Sonul) is missing too. That's not so important. I'd like to be very much in contact with you.

Take care,

Songul

Letter 3

Dear Hania

CONGRATULATIONS, the new issue looks great and rich in ideas. Keep up the good work!

Best wishes to all in Pilgrims from one of your former students.

Nikos

Letter 4

Dear editor,

I am Goh from MARA University of Technology, Malaysia.

I would like to say that your site is really excellent.

I really enjoy reading all the articles.

They are all very pertinent for me as a foreign language instructor.

Keep up your good work!

Your sincere,
Goh

Letter 5

Literary Competition Philip Prowse

Hi Hania

Here's an announcement from the ERF a non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting extensive reading which might be of interest to readers of hlt. Perhaps you could consider including it in the next issue?

Best

Philip Prowse

At the IATEFL Conference in Harrogate UK on April 10, Alan Maley announced the finalist books for the 2006 Extensive Reading Foundation (ERF) Language Learner Literature Award. From new graded readers nominated by publishers, the ERF's international award jury chose six finalist books--three books for Adolescents & Adults, and three for Young Learners.
They are:

Young Learners
The Slippery Planet by Rosemary Hayes (Cambridge Storybooks Level 4)
The Special Cake by June Crebbin (Cambridge Storybooks Level 4)
Thumbelina retold by Sue Arengo (Oxford Classic Tales Beginner 2)

Adolescents & Adults
The Amazon Rain Forest by Bernard Smith (Penguin Readers, Elementary, Level 2)
Ned Kelly: a True Story by Christine Lindop (Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1)
Within High Fences by Penny Hancock (Cambridge English Readers Level 2)

Now the fun begins. Teachers can use the award to raise enthusiasm for reading in English among their students--by inviting as many of them as possible to read, vote for and comment on the finalist books over the next few months. It could be a class project, with all the students choosing one favuorite, or each student can vote individually.

Voting is on the Extensive Reading Foundation website:
http://www.erfoundation.org/
Click on the banner headline "Obtain Books and Vote for the 2006 LLL Awards Now!"

In past years, some people have had difficulty buying the newly-published finalist books in time to vote, so this year the voting page has a link to an independent bookshop where you can buy the books online.

Voting closes on July 14, 2006. The jury will take into account votes and voter comments from around the world in order to pick a winner in each category, to be announced on the ERF site.