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Contents
ETAS ORGANISATION 4
EDITOR’S NOTES • Ceres Pioquinto 5
ETAS NEWS
ETAS Journal Call for Articles 7
President’s Report • Ann Humphry-Baker 8
ETAS Teacher-to-Teacher Project • Cindy Hauert
News From Matopo Primary School, Zimbabwe 9
Faces of ETAS Support • Ceres Pioquinto
“Time to give something back”: A Conversation with
Peter John Pasquill, Regional Coordinator for Graubünden 11
Faces of ETAS: Teacher Feature • Ceres Pioquinto
“Teaching is a gift...”: ‘Up close and personal’ with Dorothy Sommer 12
Membership renewal information 15
SIGs - clarified! • Stephanie Wimmer 16
PERSPECTIVES
Interview with Urs Raschle, Manager, Zug Tourist Office • Helena Lustenberger 19
MAIN ARTICLES
The evolution of language methods: themes to guide the future • Julie Mangold 20
Metacognitive strategies in second language reading • Julie Mangold 22
Cognitive style and learning strategies • JoAnn Salvisberg 26
VOICES OF EXPERIENCE
Extensive reading for Business English students:
A waste of time? I don’t think so! • Dorothy Sommer 29
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT:
Teaching English to Young Learners
Foreword • Ruth Benvegnen & Joy Cosslett 31
Am I repeating myself? Yes, I teach Young Learners! • Dorothy Sommer 31
Primary English Language Teaching: a new trend?
• Caroline Briggs Ambrosi de Magistris Verzier 33
What’s in your hand? Using the iPod touch for learning English:
the benefits and challenges of m-learning • Kim Ashmore 34
Teaching English as a Second Language at
Silobi Primary School, Zimbabwe • Teddy Hadebe 36
The learning affordances of picturebooks • Sandie Mourão 36
The ESL pre-school toolbox • Kate Egerton 38
Teaching with Bear: what teachers ask… • Mary Slattery 41
Language learning can be fun! • Diane Simmons-Tomczak 41
Cross-curricular language learning through IMI
– Involuntary Musical Imagery • Carole Nicoll 43
Classroom management and Young Learners • Naomi Moir 44
Responding to the challenges of the YL EFL classroom:
a proactive approach • Ruth Benvegnen 46
Relaxation in the classroom • Marneta Viegas 48
Taking over a language school • Sarah Pralong 48
THE TECHY COLUMN • Illya Arnet-Clark 50
From the REGIONS
Baden Workshop Report: 51
How can diversity help teach English?
Lausanne Workshop Report: 51
Brain-friendly learning and teaching
Solothurn/Olten Workshop Report: 52
Bringing technology into the classroom
CUP ELT Day Reports, Geneva: 52
Cambridge University Press ELT Day: a new profile for Geneva
Warmers, fillers and ice-breakers for Young Learners
Teaching Young Learners: inside and outside the Box
Teacher and student expectations when working in an intercultural environment
Teaching adults ‘real’ English: core, explore and more
Developing decision making and speaking skills through intercultural awareness
Constructing the English Profile
REVIEWS
A Look at Books 55
SERVICES
Membership Administration 56
Library Updates 57
Library Order and Check-out Form 58
T H E M A G A Z I N E F O R E N G L I S H P R O F E S S I O N A L S
Volume 28 - No. 3
Summer 2011
Publisher:
ETAS
English Teachers Association, Switzerland
Rue de l’Hôpital 32, CH-1400 Yverdon
Editor and Publications Chair:
Ceres Pioquinto, Muri
email: publ@e-tas.ch
Copy Editor:
Diane Theobald, Biel/Bienne
Book Reviews Editor:
Nicola Martignoni, Quartino
Editorial Board:
Illya Arnet-Clark, Emmenbrücke
Dorothy Sommer, Zeuthen
Alison Taylor, Wil
Graphic Design:
Ron Sumners
Sumners Graphics, Baar
email: layout@e-tas.ch
Printer:
Kalt-Zehnder-Druck AG, Zug
ISSN: 1660-6507
Price for non-members: CHF 20.–
Circulation: 1350
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Photo credits: Ann Humphry-Baker and
Ariane Dumont
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