Editorial

Introducing this issue of HLT Magazine

Contributor's Guidelines

Major Articles

1. Read in the Name of the Lord!
   Feride Hekimgil, Turkey
2. Empower EFL Students to Reduce Their L2 Lexical Errors Caused by L1 Semantic Interference
   Wei-Wei Shen and Mei-Li Chou, Taiwan
3. Intonation in Teaching Pronunciation: In Search of a New Perspective
   Dariusz Bukowski, Poland
4. Tolerance of Ambiguity and Its Implications For Reading
   Ruben Cardenas Cabello, Peru

Jokes

The Role of Linguistics in Securing Quality in Language Learning and Language Teaching
Geoff Tranter, Germany

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Short Articles

1. Towards a Principled Use of L1
   Roger O’Keeffe, Spain
2. Task-based Tutor Training Online
   Alma Daniela Otero S. and Nevin Siders, Mexico
3. Making Writing Lessons Meaningful for ESL/EFL Students
   Dorit Sasson, USA
4. From Casual Reading to Close Reading
   Adnan Tahir, Pakistan
5. Identifying and Working With Dyslexic Students in the English Classroom
   Sally Farley, UK
6. Teaching Business English
   Sharon de Hinojosa, Korea
7. Four-letter-word
   Rafael Barcellos de Moraes, Brazil
8. How To Be A Cool Teacher: A Recipe
   Fabiana Gambino, Italy

ESL Teaching Jobs

Ideas from the Corpora

Reconsidering Alternative Grammar
Takehiro Tsuchida, Japan

Lesson Outlines

1. Getting to Know Each Other
   Michael Berman, UK
2. Drumming the Past Continuous
   Caroline Thomas, UK
3. Lesson Outline: Sharing a Problem ‘Anonymously’
   Norleha binti Md. Baki, Malaysia and Bill Templer, Bulgaria
4. Using Language and Literacy Autobiography Task in a Foreign Language Classroom
   Hugo Yu-Hsiu Lee, Taiwan and Thailand
5. Celebrate
   Alexandra Costa, Portugal

Student Voices

Into the Mess: Living It, Loving It
Ha Nguyen, Australia

Publications

1. "Tales of Power"
   Michael Berman, UK
2. Teaching English: The Use of Support Materials
   reviewed by S P Dhanavel, India
3. Short Book Reviews
   Hanna Kryszewska, Poland

An Old Exercise

Some Old Exercises From "Challenge to Think"
Peter Clements, UK

Pilgrims Course Outline

1. Course Outline Pilgrims 2012
2. Pronunciation: the Cinderella of Language Teaching
   Adrian Underhill, UK

Readers Letters

Teacher Resource Books Review

A New Book: "On Business and For Pleasure Again"
Michael Berman, UK

Poems

Two Poems
Pratheeba Nagendran, India

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