Thursday, June 5, 2025

Reviews & Resources

Blending in

Wayne Trotman reviews a book outlining a sensible approach to blended or ‘flipped’ learning Best Practices for Blended Learning, Pete Sharma and Barney Barrett ISBN: 978-1-911028-84-0 Pavillion Publishing The...

Find your way into research

Language teachers are the target for a book which seeks to demystify action research, writes Wayne Trotman A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research By Richard Smith and...

Hogwarts Teachers: Pedagogical Profiles

  Name: SEVERUS SNAPE Position: Potions Master Appearance: severe, long, black hair, dressed in black Strengths: has a commanding classroom presence Weaknesses: doesn’t believe in the capabilities of his...

Considerations when using debates

What is a debate? While it seems like a simple concept that we all understand, recognise that learners gain an understanding of language...

THE BEST THINGS IN ELT ARE FREE

The EL Gazette looked at three ELTons Innovation Awards finalists whose projects are free education technology tools: EAL ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOLS ‘This is a tool...

The Great Contenders

The British Council has announced its shortlist for the ELTons 2018. Federica Tedeschi looks at who is in with a shot at winning The prestigious...

Three Men in a Boat

Jerome K Jerome Adaptation and Activities by Gina D. B. Clemen Black Cat ISBN: 978-88-530-1646-1 This 96-page graded reader is aimed at B1 students. The adaptation enables language...

Practical English Usage: 4th Edition

Michael Swan Oxford University Press ISBN: 978-0-19-420243-5 Most English language teachers have checked tricky grammar points in this well-known book, which is both a usage guide and...

Mirror, mirror…

Reflective practice is more than casually pondering your effectiveness as a teacher, a new book is keen to stress When a language teacher floats out...

Word up

Wayne Trotman reads a book looking at how teachers can improve their students’ vocabulary learning You might be asking if there’s a need for yet...