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WELCOME . EDITORS’ LETTER

What’s trending now

This issue is packed with the topics everyone

is talking about right now theteam

MELANIE BUTLER,
With the world returning to something like normal where the pandemic is concerned, at editor-in-chief,
long last we’re able to meet again in person. So, with a general sigh of relief, the IATEFL started teaching EFL in
Iran in 1975. She worked
conference is happening in person and face to face, this year in Belfast. for the BBC World Service,
If you’re one of those looking forward to attending, or just want to know what and who Pearson/Longman and
will be there, turn to page 22 to check out Pete Sharma’s round up of consultancies and MET magazine before
software, where he takes a look at the latest innovations. taking over at the Gazette in 1987 and
We also look at what else is trending in the world of English language teaching, starting also launching Study Travel magazine.
with language travel and how the combined forces of Covid and Brexit have made their Educated in 10 schools in seven countries,
she speaks fluent French and Spanish, and
impact on this sector. Next up is an in-depth dive into phonics and the latest thinking on rather rusty Italian.
the subject, garnered from a meta-analysis of 46 studies. We also explain how they can be melanie@elgazette.com
applied practically in the classroom.
Have you used graded readers LIZ GRANIRER,
The combined forces in your lessons? And if not, why editor, has edited for
parenting, travel and kids’
not? If it’s because you’re unsure of
their value or how to use them, Sue magazines, writes for a
of Covid and Brexit have Leather explains all on page 18. number of print and online
We’ve noticed a number of new publications, and has
worked on a range of
made their impact on proficiency tests coming on to the well-known consumer and
market. Find out what they’re best contract magazines.
this sector for, which ones test what and how editor@elgazette.com
to prepare your students for them
on page 20. GILL RAGSDALE,
And, as a follow-up to the article in our previous issue on a case brought by a non-native research news reporter,
speaking teacher in the EU, the lawyer who represented her lays out the intricacies of the has a PhD in Evolutionary
Anthropology from
law and how it can be applied on page 26. Cambridge and teaches
You’ll find plenty of teachers’ tips and interesting news on the following pages Psychology with the Open
and, if you’d like to get involved and contribute, please do get in touch via email at University. She also holds
editor@elgazette.com an RSA-Cert TEFL. Gill has taught EFL in
the UK, Turkey, Egypt and to refugees in
the Calais ‘Jungle’ in France. She currently
LIZ GRANIRER, EDITOR teaches English to refugees in the UK.
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