In issue of Modern English Teacher:

KEYNOTE
The memetics of EFL methodologies
Followers of fashion or … ?
Richard Watson Todd

ABOUT LANGUAGE
ELF at the gate
The position of English as a Lingua Franca
Jennifer Jenkins

What sort of standard does English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) need to reach?
A response to Jenkins
Mario Rinvolucri

ELF: A response to Jennifer Jenkins and Mario Rinvolucri
The Language Editor

PRACTICAL IDEAS
A daily fluency programme
The key to using what you know
Sonia Millett

Writing skills: what are they and how do you teach them?
Becoming an effective writer
Paul Bress

Speaking anxiety in the classroom
Getting students to talk
Zhu Huimin

Picture this!
Pictures for language practice
Simon Mumford

Grammatical consciousness-raising
Tasks for EFL secondary learners
Simon Chan

Bard language
Producing compliments to complement Shakespeare's language
Stella Smyth

IT MADE ME THINK
The importance of individualisation in reading in a second language
Part Three: Implications for the classroom
Paul Harvey


PEOPLE
Michael Halliday at 80
A tribute
Mark Lowe

REVIEWS
Survey Review
English in Mind/Energy/Sky/Matrix/Horizons/Inspiration
Shelagh Rixon

A Book I've Used
IELTS Masterclass
Terri Edwards

Success with BULATS/Achieve BULATS
Alex Case

Fifty ways to improve your Business English using the Internet/Fifty ways to improve your presentation skills in English
Brian Brennan

Test It Fix It Business Grammar: Intermediate/Test It Fix It Business Vocabulary: Intermediate/Essential Business Grammar Builder
Glenda Inverarity

Transferable Academic Skills Kit (KIT): Boxed Set
Jo McDonough

English for Specific Purposes
Lottie Galpin

Background Books
The Oxford ESOL Handbook
Rhona Hodgart