Winter 2022/2023

FOCUS: Transitions in ELT

Table of Contents

6 President’s page
7 From the Editor’s desk
8 Call for submissions
10 ETAS news
11 Ask Alex
12 AT THE CHALK FACE
My students already know things: Freire, dogme and
celebrating learners’ prior knowledge • Chris Richards
14 CLASS ACT
English for Hospitality: The tripartite structure of a ‘language apprenticeship’
• Patrick Julian Huwyle
16 THE INTERVIEW
Training techniques: The ‘golden treasure’
Interview with Matthew Hill • David Kaufher and Christina Kwok
18 FOCUS • Transitions in ELT
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES, PERSPECTIVES, AND CULTURAL AWARENESS
20 The role of mindfulness in reducing anxiety in language learning
• Shpresa Hasani and Merita Ismaili
23 Hooray, we have made great progress! • Andrea Lustenberger
26 Topics of conversation and cultural differences at a Japanese university • Pak Man Au
TEACHER CAREERS AND CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
28 TESOLs’ versatile career cycles compared to secondary school teachers • Carol Waites
32 Freelance English language teachers’ informal learning through open educational
practices in Switzerland • Patricia Daniels
CAREER TRANSITIONS
36 Transitioning and evolving as a teacher of English as a foreign language • Neil Bullock
38 Engineering to communication coaching • Chan Park
39 A straight road to happiness or endless diversions? • Elsbeth Mäder
40 Be open, flexible, and curious • Elsbeth Mäder
41 Teacher training is…insightful • Lorenzo Sclocco
42 Building a niche: English with confidence for technical writers
• Interview by Carol Waites with Chris Morgan – entrepreneur, niche builder
COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING POST-LOCKDOWN
44 Transitioning to computer-assisted learning in classrooms • Christopher Hunt
LANGUAGE TEACHER IDENTITY
46 An English teacher identity in transition:
Experiences of relocation to Switzerland from Ukraine • Olena Marina
48 Inside(r) looking out • Lesley Fearn
TEACHING OLDER LEARNERS
50 Successful teaching and learning with older learners • Briony Beaven
RESOURCES
53 Introduction to resources • Hannah McCulloch
58 AFTER CLASS
Geoff Tranter