Dear HLT Readers,

Welcome to the October issue of HLT. First I am very happy to announce the winner of the Bonnie Tsai Scholarship. It is Aphrodite Gkiouris. Book prizes were also awarded to a few other contributors. Congratulations! I hope you will soon be able to read the winning contributions in HLT.

As for Pilgrims news, we are happy to let you know about our new teacher training project: Pilgrims in Turkey. You can read about it in the Course Outline section in this issue, but for even more information just go to the website: http://www.pilgrimsturkey.com/

The C group contributions to this issue are: Creativity Jokes: Think Outside the Box - Noughts and Crosses and Multiple Intelligences for Young Learners with Visual Materials by Hanna Kryszewska, Jenifer Dobson and Julie Mena Dobson.

There is more for teachers of young learners: English Language Teaching and Learning: A Number of Considerations Concerning Young Learners by Ashok K. Saini, and Visualising Grammar and Literacy in Young Language Learning (Or: How to Build a Castle from Building Bricks) by Mija Selič.

In this editorial there is information on some upcoming conferences and events /see below/. Also there is a text on the general subject of conferences and why teachers are interested in them: Why Do Teachers Attend Conferences? by Neil McBeath.

The main theme of the issue are general considerations on effective language teaching and learning, and good classroom practice such as: good learning environments (In Defence of the Individual in the Language Learning Environment by Feride Hekimgil), humanism in language teaching (Pedagogy and the Truly Human – Carl Rogers vs Hannah Arendt by Torn Halves), some psychological issues (John Bowlby’s Attachment Theory and Its Implications for Education… or “the 3Rs of Education: Relationship, Relationship, Relationship” by Christos Foskinis), understanding what we observe in class (Understanding Changes in a More Dynamic ELT Classroom by Jorge Torres Almazán) obstacles to learning (Identifying and Addressing the Relevant Factors Which Impede ELICOS Student Progress by Rosemarie Paspaliaris), possible solutions (Standard Movement in Language Teaching: A Panacea? by Arash V. Naeini and Nima Shakouri, and The Craft of Weaving Lesson Threads by Steve Mullen).

For those interested in ICT there are two contributions: The Impact of Social Media on Language Transition by Dragana Kostica, Celebrity Collocations with Monco by Muralee Navaratnam, and Pre-Service Teachers/MA Students at University of Gdańsk, Poland, Review Books on Using ICT in Language Teaching (3). There are also a lot of practical ideas for the classroom: Teaching English Listening and Speaking through Music: A Lesson Plan by Mark Mallinder and Hsiang-Ni Lee, Bored Game by Robin Usher, Magic Moments in a Mixed Ability Classroom by Despina Karamitsou, and from Elif Ebru Suna Çelikbaş and Carol Griffiths Using Literature in the Language Classroom: Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe.

In this issue there is a lot of news from the publishing market and a number of reviews. Among them are: Extensive Reading Foundation: Language Learner Literature Awards 2016, Teaching Lexically by Hugh Deller and Andrew Walkley, DELTA Publishing, Literature by Amos Paran and Puline Robinson, OUP, Mixed Ability Teaching by Edmund Dudley and Erica Osváth, OUP, Special Educational Needs By Marie Delaney, OUP, Big Ideas In Education by Russell Grigg, Crown House Publishing, New Titles form ETP, English Language Games for in the Classroom by Jet Hiensch, and Short Book Reviews by Hanna Kryszewska.

Enjoy the October issue

Hania Kryszewska
HLT Editor
e-mail: hania.kryszewska@pilgrims.co.uk