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June 2010_ Number 69

ELT CONVENTION

Opening Speech

APAC-John McDowell Award

ELT Convention 2010. Assessment

The Britlit Project

What is Grammar? by Michael Swan

Ana Aguilar interviews Mary Slattery

Practical English: Building the New Generation of Europeans by Xelo Fornés

New Ways of Using Songs in the Classroom by Joseph Suller

CONTRIBUTIONS

From Global Understanding to Content Learning by I. Delgado and E. Sell

Skype in the Classroom by Cristina Arnau Vilà

An e-Twinning Experience by Ana Leal

A Few Thoughts on TEFL and Key Competences by E.Buck

The Swing in the Tale by Núria Casals.

 

 

 

January 2010_ Number 68

ELT CONVENTION

 Making the Most of Technology  by Gordon Lewis

 What’s in a Picture Book by Sandie Mourao

 Traditional ELT Versus CLIL: Mind the Gap! By Salvador Rodriguez Almendros

 CONTRIBUTIONS

 ADA , an Eclectic Approach to FLT by Cristina Mallol

 Talking About Feelings by Carmina Martí

 Making the Most of Movie Tracks and Trailers by José Luis Bartolomé

 Working Out the European Puzzle by Pilar Pérez and Mònica Villanueva

 “One Step for Peace” by E.Hugas, L.Montaner, R.Saló and T. Torrabadell

 Building Your Syllabus for “ Oposiciones”? by Ingrid Lorenzo

  

 

 

October 09_ Number 67

ELT CONVENTION

  • Usage Guides: What are they for? Who are they for? by Michael Swan
  • Listening Strategies for the Digital Age by Michael Harris
  • Creating a New “BLEND “ Using Wikis by Susan Dregger
  • What do I do with them? Ideas from “ Teaching Low Level Teens/ESO Students” by Chris Roland.

 

CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Granada - The Hay Festival by Ann Fernandez Vidaurreta
  • Testing: a Blessing or a Curse?  by Carme Roig Papiol
  • One Year and Still Teaching ¡ by Lianne Ross
  • Interactive Groups in the English Classroom by M. Goretti Blanch
  • An Approach to Extensive Reading by Joana Angrill
  • Britlit : by Laura Nogués

BOOK REVIEW

  • How to Teach English with Technology by Gavin Dudeney and Nicky Hockly . Reviewed by Sònia Guilana?

 

June 09_ Number 66

ELT  Convention

  •  APAC roundtable 2009   by Tom Maguire
  •  Interactive Reading for Longer Texts by Joe Mckenna
  •  How to be a successful e-learning teacher by Jeff Judge
  •  Developing Intercultural Competence by Maria González-Davies
  •  Additional Language Acquisition at Infant School by Cristina Corcoll and Carme Flores

 CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Social Learning in Web 2.0 by Sònia Guilana
  • Junk Food by Belen Sotos
  • The Power of Image by Ben Goldstein

 BOOK REVIEWS

  • Working with Images , reviewed by Josep Sala
  • Survival Handbook reviewed by Neus Serra

 

 

 

February 09_ Number 65

  • What are we going to do at school today? Teaching through English in infant education. By Jane Cadwaller
  • Trilingualism in Catalan Schools and Universities? Not yet. By Elsa Tragant
  • How could you now be more satisfied with your level of English? By Caterina Casanovas
  • Video Games in Education and Language Learning.By Joana Angril
  • English Vocabulary Teaching and Learning Strategies in Secondary Education. By Maria C. Garcia Herrero
  • Musings on the Topic of Behavious. By Barbara Leonard
  • Food 4U. By Mariona Sanchez

 

 

 

October 08_ Number 64

APAC-ELT CONVENTION 2008 

  • Collocations in General and Specialised Register of English by Michael McCarthy
  • Making the Leap from Grammar to Lexis by Hugh Dellar
  • Surviving Culture Shock in the Classroom by F. Pearson, N.Vidal, M.Burrell, R.Alonso and M.Olmedo
  • Developing Oral Skills at Primary Level Through Authentic Materials and ICT Sources by Yolanda Scott-Tennent
  • Humour Us Please : A look at the productive use of humour in the classroom by Michael Tomlinson
  • Every Picture Tells a Story by Brian Brennan
  • English as an International Language: Teaching, Learning and Using EIL by Eve Schnitzer

 CONTRIBUTIONS

 BOOK REVIEW

  •  The Experience of Language Teaching by Rose M. Senior ( reviewed by Joseph Sala)

  

 

June 08 _ Number 63

    • APAC Conference Video: Opening Session by David Graddol
    • APAC's 2008 Round table
    • Synthetic phonics to the Rescue by Inés Delgado-Echagüe Sell
    • Developing an Innovative Test of Academic English by John De Long
    • Integrating ICT into Daily Teaching by Fernando Romeu 1 2 (for ipod, right click)
    • I am not a Tabula Rasa by Joshua Goldsmith
    • Read the Book ; Watch the film by Marta Pérez
    • Fun Activities for Primary Level by Chris Roland

    CONTRIBUTIONS

    • CLIL for Progress in English Language Learning

 

 

January 08 _ Number 62

    • ELT CONVENTION
    • How We Think Young Learners Learn Languages by Annie Hugues
    • Dare Foreign Language Teachers Use Translation? By M.Gonzàlez Davies
    • CONTRIBUTIONS
    • Please, Please, Please Speak to me by Geraldine Laboria
    • An Exciting Challenge : Seeds  by Aïda Micó and Sònia Marcos
    • Learning to Learn: Teachers Reflecting, Students Reflecting by Leslie Bobb Wolff
    • The 6th Skill: Information Technology Competence by Angrill Farreny
    • A “ How to .......” Guide to Drawing Up a Course Plan for the "Oposicions!" by O.Pallarés, M. Julià and A.Antorán.
    • From Curiosity to Full Awareness by Josie Pont
    • BOOK REVIEW
    • Watching the English by Kate Fox. Reviewed by B. Batalla
    • Dealing With Difficulties by Luke Prodromou and Lindsay Clanfield. Reviewed by N.Serra

 

September _ 07  Number 61

  • The Craft of Writing Poetry by A. Wright
  • Humpty Dumpty's Leap by D. Estrada
  • How to Plan for the Oposiciones by A. Antorán et al.
  • A Content at IES Icaria by M. Rosa Batlle
  • Nueva Perspectives en la Formación de Profesores de Lenguas: hacia la Pràctica Reflexiva by Olga Esteve
  • An Interview with Dr. Krashen.
  • ELT Convention 2007 papers

 

 

 

 

 

June 07  _ Number 60

  • Spoken Grammars, Written Grammars by Ron Carter
  • Speech impaired or just uninspired by Y. Scott-Tennent
  • The Creative Classroom by C. Graham
  • Poems to read, sing and rap! by C. Ferrades- Moi & Levi Tafari
  • Developing Changes and Forwad-Error Corrections in Batxillerat Contexts
  • Around the World in Ten Tintin Books and Eighty Questions by J.L. Bartolome
  • ELT Convention report

 

 

 

 

 

January 07 _ Number 59

CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Dublín. TEFL: A polemic. (Catalonia Today).
  • African or Asian elephants? Reflections on diversity for Digital Age Teachers. By Neus Lorenzo
  • Reflecting Teaching: Insights on Practice. By Eva Romo and Sònia Guilana
  • Not Only Tea ... With the Help of ICT. By Sara Martín Diez
  • Us and Them. By Michael Lord
  • Multiculturalism in the Secondary English Classroom. By Paloma Sarbadhikari
  • Ebony and Ivory. By Alicia Gala
  • Making the Most of Set Readings: Working With Nick Hornby's. About A Boy. By Fernando Romeu
  • eTwinning y Competencias Clave. By Núria Salvador
  • BritLit-Literature for Language Learning. A Joint British Council. APPI Project in Portugal

 

October 2006 _ Number 58

APAC ELT CONVENTION 2006

  • The Making of a Great Teacher. By P. McConochie
  • Improving Speaking. By Simon T. Harris
  • The Intelligent Purpose Behind the Lesson Planning. By A.L. Rodríguez
  • Teachers Listening To Teachers. By Edelstein, Catalan, King, Martínez and Regojo

CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Meeting the Challenge of Being a Witch. By M. González and C. Miralles
  • Immigration, Xenophobia and Old Pop Songs. By J.L. Bartolomé
  • Proposals For English Teaching. By J. Martorell
  • Fostering E-learning Through MODLE. By J. Angrill
  • Project Work. By S. Montaner
  • Breaking Down Barriers. By N. Lauder

OUR PICK FROM THE WEB

  • An Integrated Approach to Teaching Literature in the EFL Classroom. By C. Savvidou

 

June 06 _ Number 57

APAC ELT CONVENTION 2006

  • Dublín. A Tale of Two Cities. By Colm Tóibín
  • Videoconferencing for Learning a Modern Language In Primary Schools. By Magdalen Phillips
  • Much Ado about Something: ELT in Secondary Education. APAC Round Table
  • Videos on the Internet. By Josep Suller
  • Using Audiovisuals to Exploit Grammar. By Yolanda. Scott-Tennent.

CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Beehive: A Multicultural Collaborative Virtual Project between Finland and Catalonia. By Sonia Jiménez
  • A Didactic Walk around The Blackwater Lightship. By Estefania Castillo.
  • How to Help a Reader to Work with a Text. By Danut Furszpaniak

OUR PICK FROM THE WEB

  • Making the Transition to Effective Self-Access Listening. By Mike Cutting

BOOK REVIEW

  • Learning Teaching. By Jim Scrivener. Reviewed by Neus Serra

 

January 06 _ Number 56

APAC ELT CONVENTION 2005

  • Hotel Hamlet and Mosaic Media. By Graham Reid (full article not available)
  • Visualizing Grammar. By M. José Sánchez (full article not available)

CONTRIBUTIONS (Click on the Title to download the article)

TAULA RODONA

  • La Reflexió sobre la Llengua i la Comunicació en l'Aprenentatge de Llengües. By C. Escobar, J.M. Cots, O. Esteve, M. Irun i D. Masats. (full article not available)

 

September 05 _ Number 55

CONTRIBUTIONS

  • A Quest throught the Web
  • The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
  • Don Quixot a la Literatura Anglesa

ELT CONVENTION 2005

  • The Book, Democracy and the European Language Portfolio
  • APAC Round Table: The European Language Portfolio
  • Can do Grammar Cubes
  • The Six Short Films Project (Star and Powder Keg)
  • Reading Aloud: An Essential Teacher Skill

OUR PICK FROM THE WEB

  • EFL at the Gate: The Position of English as a Lilngua Franca
  • INTERVIEW
    N. Serra interviews Paul Seligson
  • BOOK REVIEW
    The Internet Reviewed. By Fernando Rome

 

June 05 _ Numer 54

CONTRIBUTIONS

  • CLIL Online: From Theory to Practice

ELT CONVENTION 2005

  • Trust your instincts: The Virtues of Spontaneity and Personalisation
  • Bridging the Gap between Monolingual and Bilingual Dictionaries
  • The Six Short Film Project
  • Classroom Management

MATERIALS
Exploring Multiculturalism through the Movies

INTERVIEW
A. Aguilar interviews Tom Maguire

BOOK REVIEW
Vocabulary activities. By Mary Slatter

 

January 05 _ Number 53

CONTRIBUTIONS
Living your Life in "ing-lish". By J.L. Bartolomé

ELT 2005

  • The Rhetoric of Persuasion and the Forum Scene of Shakespeare's Juluis Caesar. By Gert Ronberg
  • Being Conscious of Curricular implications when Working with Stories. By J.L. Vera
  • Discourse and Racism in Spain. By Teun A. Van Dijk
  • Giving Oral Presentations at the Computer Age. By A. Curado.

MATERIALS
The Richness of Hindu Culture. By M. Blasco Llopis

INTERVIEW
A. Aguilar interviews Scott Thornbury

BOOK REVIEWS

  • Uncovering Grammar. Scott Thornbury
  • Who Pays the Ferryman? J. L. Bartolomé