ETAS Journal Issue Archive

Special Supplement: Testing the waters – Issues in English language assessment

This year-end edition of ETAS Journal Winter 2016 has been anticipated with such high hopes. Featuring the introduction of our new layout design – thanks to Ron! – and an excellent Special Supplement on Testing the waters: Issues in English language assessment, it comes our way gift-wrapped in Ingrid Christen van-Luling’s festive watercolour depiction of Christmas and the magic of winter in Zürich.

Special Supplement: Creativity in the Language Classroom

It is a given that creativity, that unique ability to harness thoughts and ideas, drives us forward as a species. It is the single factor that has enabled humanity to produce everything from the first sharpened tool, to the wheel, the lightbulb, the Fifth Symphony, The Starry Night, War and Peace, the space shuttle, the smartphone – the list is endless. One thing is certain though – creativity is a habit, a way of working, a way of thinking, and a way of seeing the world. And for the way it helps us discover and enjoy, question and explore, build, tinker, and really live, creativity can help us understand ourselves. But it requires that we first imagine and step into the unknown to begin with, as the actor Alan Alda reminds us: “The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.”

Special Feature: ETAS CROSSING BORDERS – Voices from the Belgian English Language Teachers Association

After an amazing journey to a variety of geographic locations, ETAS Journal is back to entrance us with the gifts of its travels – articles covering a pretty wide range of some of the most pertinent issues worthy of notice in the field of English Language Teaching, this time by fellow English teachers at BELTA, the Belgian English Language Teachers Association.

Special Supplement: Cross-Cultural Communication and ELT

For those of us in the business of English Language Teaching, teaching and representing a foreign culture is almost as tremendous a job responsibility as actually teaching English. Language and culture are inextricably intertwined and awareness of the myriad issues in cross-cultural communication has become increasingly paramount. For these reasons and more, we are delighted to draw our readers’ attention to this issue’s Special Supplement on Cross-Cultural Communication and ELT

Special Supplement: Teaching English to Teens 

In this volume, you will find a range of diverse articles which offer practical teaching tips and activities. Challenging themes and topics have been addressed.

Special Feature: ETAS Crossing Borders: Voices from the English Teachers Association of Israel

Classroom management systems, digital literacies, gamification and the use of literature in high school, are just some of the topics in this issue.

Special Supplement: Creative Writing and ELT

​This volume not only looks at creative writing for language learners but also explores the notion of teachers as poets. It includes a vast variety of articles with varying perspectives on the subject.

Special Supplement: English for Medical Purposes

This collection is both timely and urgent as it attempts to address some of the challenges facing teachers teaching English for healthcare.

Special Feature: ETAS Crossing Border: Voices from France

We invite our readers to enjoy another exciting issue, with articles about pronunciation in English as a lingua franca, how to teach reading if you are a new teacher, how to recycle newspapers into classroom materials, how to make use of songs in the language classroom, how to use improvisational theater activities in Business English training, and deciding whether to ban or embrace smartphones in the class – these and more breathe life into this issue.

ETAS 30th Special Anniversary Features

In this winter edition of ETAS Journal, we are again showcasing an eclectic mix of articles on various topics such as the ESP coursebook, learning styles, understanding intercultural communication, or cross-cultural discussion forum in the foreign language classroom, to mention a few.