Summer 2018

For the second time this year, in the spirit of global expansiveness, we offer not one but two Special Supplements. The first, Beyond Swiss Borders: ELT Around the World, gives us insights into English teaching in other parts of the globe and takes us there if not in body as yet then at least in our mind. The second, Research Literacy Part 3, concludes our comprehensive coverage of what is undoubtedly a broad but undeniably relevant subject of research and its link to professional development. Especially worth noting in this collection is the participation of ETAS members, speaking out in their own voices to validate the significance of becoming research literate not just for their respective classrooms but for their own professional growth.

Table of Contents

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: Beyond Swiss Borders: ELT Around the World

Foreword / Gemma Lunn and Amy D. Jost

INSIGHTS

Making a difference: A conversation with Adrian Tennant

MAIN ARTICLES

Handing the chalk over in Mongolia: A cultural teaching aha / Amy Jost

From IATEFL 2017 to the refugee crisis in Athens / Lindsey Clark

Why do we lose students in India? The importance of tuning into students’ ZPD / Tara Ratnam

The challenges of teaching and learning English in Algeria / El Hadj Moussa Ben Moussa, Dave Burnapp, Janet Wilson, and David Simmons

‘If it isn’t in your body, you haven’t learned it’ / Juliet du Mont

TBLT in Japan / Marc Jones

Teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in Germany / Clare Maas

Tips for teaching real English with TED Talks: Accent, cultural agility, audience / Lewis Lansford

 

VOICES OF EXPERIENCE/ REFLECTIONS

Speaking? Yes, please! Low-tech and low-prep activities which will get your teenage students speaking / Hana Tichá

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: Research literacy Part 3 – Supporting teacher research in English Language Teaching

Foreword / Daniel Xerri   

INSIGHTS

‘Generating knowledge for themselves’: Kathleen Graves on teacher research / Daniel Xerri

SUPPORTING TEACHER RESEARCH IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Improving the feasibility of teacher research / Simon Borg

Supporting teacher-researchers: Some issues / Amol Padwad

Supporting ‘quality’ in novice teacher research: Data collection and data analysis / Colin Lankshear and Michele Knobel

Supporting language teachers as they engage in research / Judith Hanks

IN THEIR OWN VOICE: TEACHERS on RESEARCH

On ‘Supporting teacher-researchers through the development of research literacy’: Teachers’ reactions / Ben Hoyt

Re+search: New teachers looking for new input / Lynn Williams-Leppich

What do 20 years of teaching experience amount to? / Susanne Oswald

On Daniel Xerri’s plenary, ‘Supporting teacher-researchers through the development of research literacy’: A humble teacher’s reaction / Rachael Harris

Empowering the classroom through teacher-led research / Gemma Lunn

PERSPECTIVES

A conversation about supporting teacher research / Willy A. Renandya and Flora D. Floris