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In the second of our main features on the subject of International English, Simon Sweeney investigates the cultural implications of global English and considers the present and future role of the ELT professional. The flexibility of the English language is the theme of Annette Margolis’s article, and she sees the potential for increasing her students’ vocabulary by showing them different uses and meanings for words they already know. Emilce Vela and Aysha Viswamohan both concentrate on beginnings. For Emilce Vela, the beginning of the school year is the time when standards need to be established. She recommends a getting-to-know-you ‘diagnostic period’ and explains how the time and effort put into this pays dividends for the rest of the year. Aysha Viswamohan gets young children off to a good start in English by the use of online learning. She recommends some websites where children can learn vocabulary and prepare for future learning as they play games, listen to stories, sing songs, etc. This issue also welcomes the first in a new series by Jon Marks, who draws the Langwich Scool cartoon on our final page. Jon’s new series is called Activity Corner and will offer two thematically linked photocopiable communication activities in each issue. Helena Gomm Editor Contents MAIN FEATURETHE CULTURE OF INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH 4Simon Sweeney asserts that the spread of English has not led the language to divest itself of its cultural background FEATURESNEW WORDS FOR OLD! 12Annette Margolis helps her students use old words in new ways SOUND AND MEANING 15 Francisco Moreno suggests new criteria for choosing words to teach pronunciation OFF TO A GOOD START 18 Emilce Vela finds the first few weeks of the new school year vital for what is to follow SELF-MONITORING FOR ACCURACY 26 Brett Roscoe believes self- and peer-correction can improve students’ language ability HUNTING FOR HOWLERS 1 27 Edwin Salter looks at approaches to correction LET’S GET LEXICAL! 31 Carmela Virga livens up learning with the Lexical Approach NOBODY WINS! 35 Neil McBeath explains why some word games are better than others OUR PHONEMIC FRIEND 42 Richard Ostick sings the praises of the phonemic symbol chart TEACHING YOUNG LEARNERSSCREEN PLAY 21Aysha Viswamohan recommends online learning for very young children SING AND THE WORLD SINGS WITH YOU 23 Andy Reed maintains that music is the key to teaching young learners BUSINESS ENGLISH PROFESSIONALBUSINESS SKILLS 2: PRESENTATIONS 33Debbie Barton, Jennifer Burkart and Caireen Sever continue their series on business skills TEACHER DEVELOPMENTA FIND FROM FINLAND 47Ida Klancar explains what having a language assistant meant to her A CASE FOR LITERATURE 50 Harald Spann finds literary texts a useful source of case studies for teacher training TECHNOLOGYINTERNET-BASED TESTING 54Kamil Ciosek looks at developments in online testing technology WEBWATCHER 57 Russell Stannard features a business listening website REGULAR FEATURESOVER TO YOU ... 8DICE John Hughes PREPARING TO TEACH ... 36 Multi-word verbs in context John Potts ACTIVITY CORNER: REVISION GAMES 44 Jon Marks THE PRINCIPLE OF BALANCE 59 Rose Senior IT WORKS IN PRACTICE 38 REVIEWS 40 |
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