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Welcome to our collection of classics from the pages of The Teacher Trainer journal, 1986 onwards. The early issues are getting rather scarce now but since the ideas in their pages are as robust and interesting as ever, we’d like you to be able to access them.

Starting from Volume One, I read through past issues filleting out the articles that have stood the test of time. We have reproduced them below. This way, good articles from this genuinely specialised and dedicated journal will still have the readership and influence they deserve.

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Title Author(s) #
A Fresh Look at Team Teaching Bill Johnston and Bartek Madejski 29
Author’s Corner 36
Breaking Rules John Fanselow 26
Britta and Rolf or the Unfaithful Mirror Bernard Dufeu 21
Case for delayed feedback after teaching practice and observation Richard Denma 27
Classroom Pedagogics 18
Creative calling Jaqueline Smith 37
Dealing with EFL Terminology Sara Walker 17
Gone to teachers every one – a critique of accepted pre-service teacher training Peter Grundy 23
Images and Options in the Language Classroom Earl W. Stevick (Cambridge University Press. 1986.) 01
In Language Teaching which is more important: Language or teaching? Penny Ur 40
In-Service TEFL – Is it worth the Risk? Brian Tomlinson 16
Internship: Partnership in Initial Teacher Education Terry Alsop and Irene Scott 39
Interview with Dr. N.S. Prabhu 28
Interview with Gaie Houston – on supervision 41
Interview with Tony Buzan 09
Language and Gender in the EFL classroom Jenny Pugsley 32
Learner Independence Bruce Pye 38
Lecture Discussion Scales
 Tessa Woodward 06
Motivating children and adults to acquire another language James J. Asher, Ph.D. 07
People who Train People Interview with Margaret Elderson 02
Silent Way Workshops Dr Caleb Gattegno 03
Some notes on giving talks at conferences Andrew Wright 13
Taking Risks – Being Unprepared Anthony Hall 19
Teacher echoing Seth Lindstromberg 15
Teacher Selection Peter Dupenthaler 10
Teaching people about themselves Mike Lavery 14
Teaching, Teacher Training and applied linguistics Rod Bolitho 22
Teacher training for Steiner Schools John Thomson 24
The Flexible List Natalie Hess 25
The foreign language lesson-trainees prepare the trainer’s demonstration John Carmichael 04
The Jargon Generator 05
The Management of Change Tom Hutchinson 35
The Spoof Page 08
The use of self-evaluation in teacher training Kari Smith 34
Towards Reflective Teaching Jack C. Richards 33
Trainer Talks with Ephraim Weintraub and Jane Revell 20
Training for general practice Penny Aeberhard 11
Training Teachers as Explainers: a Checklist Dr Francisco Gomes de Matos 31
Using games in teacher training Sarah Walker 42
Using substitution tables for language analysis with pre-service native English speaking trainees Tessa Woodward 43
Writing as a Learning Process in Teacher Education and Development Alison Haill 30
Zen and the art of classroom management Chris Sion 12
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