Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Main Reviews

Review: From Teacher to Trainer

From Teacher to TrainerBy Matthew T. Ellman and Peter LucantoniCambridge, 2022ISBN: 978-1-108-82707-2 Since they often make bold claims as to how they have moved forward in this aspect of the...

Review: The Reflective Cycle of the Teaching Practicum

The Reflective Cycle of the Teaching PracticumBy Fiona Farr and Angela FarrellEquinox, 2023ISBN: 978-1-78179849-2 For many undergraduate trainee teachers...

Philip Kerr’s 30 Trends in ELT

Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers: Pocket editions Cambridge University Press, 2022 ISBN: 978-1-00-907372-1 Following my review in this journal...

The Angel

The Angel ISBN: 978-3-7114-0043-7Midnight Bay ISBN: 978-3-7114-0042-0The Captain’s Castle ISBN: 978-3-7114-0044-4By Gavin BiggsHelbling Languages, 2023 As a regular reviewer...

Get out of here

Take your students on a mission to learn with this innovative book, says Wayne Trotman ESCAPE THE CLASSROOM Fiona...

The many roles of a manager

Administrators now have a comprehensive guide to managing ELT courses, writes Wayne Trotman Too often in the ELT profession, the oldest or most-seasoned classroom teacher...

Short and sheep

In a terrifying online world of Peppa Pig porn and terrorist recruitment videos, Learning Time with Timmy is a reassuring YouTube series for young...

Short and sheep

In a terrifying online world of Peppa Pig porn and terrorist recruitment videos, Learning Time with Timmy is a reassuring YouTube series for young...

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...

Put yourself to the test

Wayne Trotman discovers how classroom assessment, when properly designed, can help improve teaching and learning This book may have quite a general-sounding title, but as...
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