Editorial

Introducing this issue of HLT Magazine

Contributor's Guidelines

Major Articles

1. EFL Acquisition at University via Real-Life Input
   Milka Hadjikoteva, Bulgaria
2. Rachel Flees Religious Persecution: Teaching an Animated Video
   Bill Templer, Bulgaria
3. Challenges Faced by Vietnamese Learners in IELTS Speaking: More Than Just Language Problems
   Phuong Thi Anh LE, Vietnam
4. Promoting Autonomy and Motivation through Applying Constructively Aligned Curriculum
   Hossein Rahmanpanah, Iran

Jokes

1. One-liners from Edinburgh Festival, 2017
   selected by Mario Rinvolucri
2. The Monkeys and the Man: an Anthropomorphic Fable in the Style of the Great Ethiopian Slave and Teacher Aesop (c. 620-564)
   Robin Usher, Saudi Arabia

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Short Articles

1. Fun and Play with Very Young Learners
   Desislava Terzieva and Zhivka Ilieva, Bulgaria
2. Teaching Speaking Skills through Drama: Inspiration Matters
   Mariya Neykova, Bulgaria
3. Teaching A Memorable Classic Short Story: O. Henry’s ‘The Romance of a Busy Broker’ (1906)
   Bill Templer, Bulgaria
4. Creativity and Arts and Crafts in Teaching English to Young Learners
   Zhivka Ilieva and Iliya Iliev, Bulgaria
5. How eTwinning Fosters the Development of English Language Skills
   Irena Raykova, Bulgaria
6. International English Language Testing System
   Robin Usher, Saudi Arabia
7. Online Resources for Teaching English as L2 for Young Learners
   Elisa Bertoldi, Italy
8. A New Contribution to Bloom’s Taxonomy
   Maha Hassan, Egypt
9. Oral Corrective Feedback: Recasts Versus Prompts
   Diana Mazgutova, United Kingdom
10. Could Dyslexic Reading Be Prevented?
    Daniella De Winter, Israel

Ideas from the Corpora

Ways of Expressing Inducement In Classroom Language: Comparison Between Bulgarian and English
Petranka Ruseva, Bulgaria

Lesson Outlines

1. Everybody Loves Spending Time with “Friends”: A Lesson Plan
   Mark Mallinder, Taiwan
2. Focusing on Personality in the EFL Classroom for University Students
   Olga Ershova and Elena Stolyarova, Russia
3. What Can a Teacher Learn From a Criminal Lawyer?
   Jamie Keddie, Spain
4. Roadshow Script, Sgt. Pepper, Michael Jackson and Many Others
   Fergal Kavanagh, Italy

Student Voices

Review of „Grammatikalische Liebeslieder“ by Werner Bönzli
Karolina Haase, Poland

Publications

1. Book Review: Creativity in English Language Teaching edited by Daniel Xerri and Odette Vassallo
   reviewed by Zarina Markova, Bulgaria
2. Practical English Usage 4th edition (OUP 2016), reviewed by the author
   Michael Swan, UK
3. Equal But Different
   Péter Medgyes, Hungary
4. Language Teaching Competences by Richard Rossner, OUP
5. Short Book Reviews
   Hanna Kryszewska, Poland

An Old Exercise

Some Old Exercises
Mario Rinvolucri, UK

Pilgrims Course Outline

My Pilgrims Experience
Aphrodite Gkiouris, Greece

Readers Letters

Teacher Resource Books Review

1. Feedback from Crown House Publishing
2. Creative Output. Activities for Teaching Speaking and Writing, by Gerhard Erasmus and Hall Houston
3. Stretch and Challenge for All by Torsten Payne
4. When the Adults Change, Everything Changes by Paul Dix

Poems

1. 15 Poems
   Phuong Le, Vietnam
2. Phoenix New Life Poetry Summer 2017 No 64

C for Creativity

Review of “Teaching in a Digital Age. Guidelines for designing teaching and learning.”
Stephen J. Hall, Malaysia

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