Summer/July 2009 - Vol 23 No 2
now available!
Welcome to Volume 23, Number 2 the 'Summer' 2009 issue of the Teacher Trainer journal. Summer from the point of view of the UK of course, as this is where we are based. You may be in Winter as you read this in your part of the world! Whatever season you are enjoying, I'd like to tell you about the latest issue.
It is absolutely packed with articles! For example, one on possible lesson shapes for teaching grammar (see page 2), others on mentoring in relation to the language teacher’s practicum (page 5), the thrills of the FIFO (Fly In and Fly Out trainer page 9 ). You can find out a lot more about Critical Literacy and Global Issues (page 10), the Task Based Approach (page 12) and about lexical phrases (page 16). There is plenty to learn about in situ teacher training (page 15). If you think you are busy, try keeping up with our breathless colleague in Switzerland (page 22). In this issue we also have lots on web issues (pages 20, 24, 15) and on books and articles of interest to trainers (pages 26 and 27).
The following established series are back:
Practical Training Session, Interview, Training around the World, Trainer Background, News in our Field, Meet a Colleague, It’s a Wired World, Website Review, Article Watch and Publications Received.
Authors this time include... Andy Caswell, Melissa K Smith and Marilyn Lewis, Mario Rinvolucri, Chris Lima, Padmini Bhuyan (Boruah), Wilaksana Srimivan, Ursula Wall, and Jonathan C Hull, Seth Lindstromberg, Hania Bociek and Tessa Woodward.
With all these goodies packed into the current issue I hope you will feel like subscribing which you can now do online!
All good wishes!
Tessa Woodward, Editor
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news
Lots!
1. Thanks very much for the wonderful response to our call for articles! We have some very interesting texts coming in now as a result! We do now, instead, have some little spaces in two particular columns as the regular columnists are a bit busy!. I’ll explain.
We have a column called Practical Training Session which is especially for those who are fairly new to teacher training and who want photocopiable session plans on popular topics ready to use with the teachers they work with. (After a little reading and thinking of course.)
So far, we have had practical training session plans on reviewing vocabulary, developing oral fluency, developing autonomy, different ways of teaching grammar, ways of integrating drama into language classes, and ways of working with literature. As our main columnist is taking a well-earned break, we now have room for any that you would like to send in. Do contact me first if you want to talk/email it over!
Please note that you do not have to promise a regular series …just do one, if you have something that will fit nicely! And it’s probably best to check first to make sure your topic is not already in the pipeline!
Sorry that we do not pay for text but we will of course send you a copy of the issue with your article in. And of course there is the glamour involved! Ha Ha!
2. I am very happy to announce that you can now subscribe online. Please click on the ‘Subscribe online’ button and follow the links!
3. The free, downloadable ‘Articles bank’ is now a really fine resource.
4. Nicky Hockly’s ‘It’s a wired world’ column is now archived on this website so that you can find e-issues more easily. Visit the archive.
5. We have now added a ‘testimonials’ section so you can see what people think of the journal.
6. Why not advertise in the journal? If you have a book or other product, are putting on a conference or other event, why not let us advertise it for you? We can take small and large adverts, banners and flyers and our rates are really reasonable!
7. Under the TTTJ Plus section on this web site you will find a new article. It is ‘Virtual teacher learning’ by Patricia Lauria and Susana Liruso. Both of them are from Argentina.
