Magazine
(Magazines and monographs are included in membership. Join now.)
Order a back issue:
October 2011_ Number 73
EDITORIAL
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
SOLID LEARNING FOR LIQUID TIMES
APAC-John McDowell 2011
Opening lecture APAC 2011 by Luke Prodromu ( video)
CONTRIBUTIONS
Light up your classes with a bit of Lit. with a bit of Lit by A. Fernàndez
The foreign language classroom by V. Goitia and C.Sugranyes
I’ll definitely try that in my primary class by C.Roland
Is that really wrong? English Grammar today by L.Peterson
Collaborative language activities using Wikis by I.Higueras, A. López And S. Milian
Teaching English in a global context by E. Llurda
The pedagogical value of re-writing by M. Irún
Re-writing and its pedagogical value by M. Irún
June 2011_ Number 72
Letter from
the president
Editorial
APAC-ELT
CONVENTION 2011. Assessment
APAC . JOHN
MCDOWELL AWARD
INTERVIEWS: Barry Lynam
INTERVIEWS
: Luke Prodromou
CONTRIBUTIONS
Only
Connect : Teaching from Socrates to Cyberspace by Luke Prodromou
Teaching
Interjections to Young Adult Learners
by José Luis Bartolomé
Does
Content and Language Integrated Learning and Teaching have a future in our
schools? By Teresa Navés
Developing
O’Clils with Very Young Learners By C. Flores and C. Corcoll
BOOK
REVIEWS
Why the
book “ Media and Multicultural Education : Having Fun with the Key
Competences”
Guided
Error Correction
February 2011_ Number 71
Letter from the president
APAC ELT CONVENTION 2010
Reg and Lellow by Chris Roland
Practical Grammar Activities by Ceri Jones
CONTRIBUTIONS
A Digital Toolbox for Secondary
Teachers
by David Holmes
Sporting Shakespeare by José Luis Bartolomé
Emotional Literacy by Tom Maguire
Creativity in Class: Mission impossible? By
Mireia Font
Teaching Young Learners Through
Stories
by Ntinou Loukia
The English Show by Olot Secondary School
Teachers.
Round Table on Classroom Management by A.Aguilar,
C.Casanovas, P.Escriche and E.Font
Webcasting in the EFL Classroom by CristinaArnau.
October 2010_ Number 70
APAC
Website Update
APAC 25
Years : Motivating teachers, motivating students
APAC-John
McDowell Award 2010
Writing it
Backwards: Professor John McRae
Assemblea
Annual de socis
APAC-ELT
CONVENTION
Roundtable
on classroom management
See what I
have done, Mum! And all by myself! By Ricard
Garcia
Stuff for
teens of all levels by Chris Roland
Why
speaking English to your students matters by Michael Hall
CONTRIBUTIONS
Competences.
Helpful for learners? Stressful for teachers? By Cristina Mallol
Problem-based
learning in the classroom by Núria
Plantalech
To finish
or not to finish the textbook by Josie
Pont
Six high
schools with outstanding results in the PAU by Elsa Tragant et al.
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
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
BOOK REVIEWS
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
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
|
