Current issue: 18:2 April 2009

The current issue of Modern English Teacher has been published and posted to subscribers.

In this issue of Modern English Teacher:

KEYNOTE
Mining listening texts
Sheila Thorn proposes a new approach to listening skills teaching.

ABOUT LANGUAGE
To infinity and beyond …
Konrad Brodzinski looks at the infinitive and the gerund, reveals their weaknesses and some of their history.
Something old, something new
Richard Morris shows us that the whole question of ‘given’ and ‘new’ is undervalued in EFL materials, and how we should be giving it more attention
Bits and pieces

PRACTICAL IDEAS
The grammar of spoken English part 2
In his second article on spoken English, Simon Mumford outlines some more activities for teaching aspects of spoken grammar.
Peer reviews go corporate
Hall Houston has a new way of teaching academic writing.
Getting the message
Vaila Goodridge looks at a learnercentred approach to listening.
Board games in ESL teaching
Doug Evans talks about students playing games.
Culture lab
Anna Krushelnitskaya and Olga Fleshler describe a happy co-teaching experience.

BUSINESS ENGLISH
Business in the expanding circle Aleksandra Szudy Sojak explains why Business English is as much about teaching Intercultural Awareness as business or English.

WRITING
Relinquishing the power of the red pen
Jessie Marion presents some strategies for teaching students to become selfeditors
Process writing with the internet
Dr. Naci Kayaoglu describes a move to change teacher and student perceptions of the writing process using the internet.

TECHNOLOGY
Computers in EAP: change, issues and challenges
Huw Jarvis looks at how computers can be used in projects in an EAP environment to develop students’ language and e-literacy skills.

TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
Teachers and technology
Nicky Hockly explains why it is essential for teachers to bring everyday technology into the classroom and how to do it.
Look after yourself
Paul Bress examines some possible causes of stress in teachers and some possible solutions.

IT MADE ME THINK
Teacher questioning strategies
Liu Jingxia investigates the effectiveness of teachers’ questions.
When communicative approaches don’t work
Ning Liu looks at why the communicative approach does not work in some contexts and proposes some solutions.

REVIEWS
A Book I’ve Used
Presentations in English Lottie Galpin
IELTS Graduation/IELTS Graduation Study Skills Gordon Dobson
Teaching Grammar Creatively Glenda Inverarity
Airspeak/Aviation English Neil McBeath

Background Books
Teacher Language Awareness Alex Tilbury
Lessons from good language learners Darren Elliott
EAP Essentials: A teacher’s guide to principles and practice Jo McDonough
Current Developments in English for Academic, Specific and Occupational Purposes Sandee Thompson
Formulaic Language: Pushing the Boundaries Jonathan Marks