Editorial

Introducing this issue of HLT Magazine

Contributor's Guidelines

Major Articles

1. TESL Instructional Materials and First-Generation Learners: Voices of the Voiceless
   J. John Love Joy, India
2. Language Learning Strategies and Foreign Language Acquisition
   Lorraine Cleeton and Lois A.Grollitsch, US
3. Identifying Learning Needs: Using Narrative Analysis
   Anil Pathak and Sng Bee Bee, China

Jokes

Church Jokes
submitted by Patricia Cammack, UK

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Short Articles

1. Encouraging the Appreciation of Literature Through Personal Involvement
   Danielle Frisch, Luxembourg
2. Encouraging Learner Autonomy Through Presentations
   Michel Bintener, Luxembourg
3. A WIN-WIN Situation: Exploratory Language Learning and Teaching in a Foreign Language Classroom - Action Research Perspective
   Jacek Wasilewski, Poland
4. Let Them Write
   Nesrin Oruç, Turkey
5. Multi-Level Language Learning Program
   John W. Tigue, US
6. 10 Reasons I Love PowerPoint
   Kevin McCaughey, Jordan
7. LLL – Laptop Language Learning
   Alan Green, UK
8. Geometrical Literature
   Esterina La Torre, Italy
9. Humanising Grades
   Mojca Grešak, Slovenia
10. Drama and CLIL: The Power of Connection
    Susan Hillyard, Argentina
11. From Summerhill to ELT: Promoting Democracy in the Classroom
    Michelle Worgan, Spain
12. Using Pictures and Picture Books to Create Readers and Thoughtful Readings
    Janice Bland, Germany
13. The Heart of the Matter: A Short Personal History of SLA Research and What It Has Meant to My Classroom Teaching – Part Two
    Lou Spaventa, US

ESL Teaching Jobs

Ideas from the Corpora

Some Ideas on How to Use the British National Corpus On-line: Using the Discovery Technique for Teaching Lexis
Hanna Kryszewska, Poland

Lesson Outlines

1. Teaching Grammar to Dislexic Children: Some Ideas
   Daniela Tomatis, Italy
2. Fun with Pictures for ELT
   Simon Mumford, Turkey
3. Let’s Take a Look at Affricate Sounds with “The Pink Panther”
   Bettiana Andrea Blázquez, Argentina
4. Take the Sting out of Teaching 2^nd Conditional
   Natasha Jovanovich, Serbia
5. Christmas: Activating Your Memory Through Your Senses!
   Lauren Damas, Portugal

Student Voices

A Mirror of My Feelings
Beate Walter and Jessica Schöneberg, Germany

Publications

1. English and Soft Skills
   reviewed by S. Kumaran, India
2. Short Book Reviews
   Hanna Kryszewska, Poland

An Old Exercise

Five Communicative Activities to Practise Speaking
Angelica Popescu, Romania

Pilgrims Course Outline

1. ICT in the Classroom: New Pilgrims Courses
   Kristina Smith, Turkey
2. APPI Teacher’s Training Course: A Poem
   Alexandra Costa, Portugal
3. My experience on How NLP Has Influenced Me as a Teacher and Learner
   Lauren Damas, Portugal

Readers Letters

Teacher Resource Books Review

1. Journeys Outside Time: A Collection of Shamanic Ballads and Shamanic Stories by Michael Berman
   Michael Berman, UK
2. The Gettysburg Approach to Writing & Speaking Like a Professional
   Philip Yaffe, Belgium

Poems

1. Magical Christmas
   Fiona James, UK
2. Teaching As an Art
   Roy Boardman, Italy
3. Needed: Non-killing Video Games
   Francisco Gomes de Matos, Brazil
4. The Club
   Paul Bress, UK

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