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WELCOME . EDITOR’S LETTER

A mature outlook

How are you preparing students – and yourself – theteam
for the world of work?
MELANIE BUTLER,
Take a breath – it’s almost the summer break! editor-in-chief,
As the days are getting warmer, it’s true the kids will be eagerly awaiting their summer holidays. started teaching EFL in
Iran in 1975. She worked
However, for their older peers, the grind isn’t quite ready to stop. for the BBC World Service,
This issue, it’s all abouts the grown-ups – who they are, why they learn, and perhaps most Pearson/Longman and
importantly, how they learn. On pages 8 and 9, we take a look at the critical window for language MET magazine before
acquisition, and ask: what is the prime age for learning grammar? taking over at the Gazette in 1987 and
Starting on page 15, it might be time for a change of occupation; we’re taking an in-depth also launching Study Travel magazine.
look at the Occupational English Test. If you have students entering the medical field, or if Educated in 10 schools in seven countries,
she speaks fluent French and Spanish, and
you are looking to change teaching pathway, you’ll find everything you need to know in this rather rusty Italian.
issue’s Special Supplement. melanie@elgazette.com
But how do we approach teaching English for business
Is it all about purposes? Author and educator Majorie Rosenberg gives her LAUREN BILLINGS,
best practices to put your students in realistic scenarios to editor, has a Masters
the money? prepare them for the world of work. See what you can learn in Publishing from
on page 18. the University of
Speaking of work, as the new school year edges ever closer, we’re asking: why do teachers keep, Roehampton. She
previously taught English
or leave, their jobs? Flip over to page 10 where we take a look at why teachers are hanging up in Japan, and speaks
their white-board pens, and what one school is doing to show they value their staff. Is it all about conversational Japanese.
the money? editor@elgazette.com
On the other hand, what are schools looking for when hiring staff? On page 24, Fabio Cerpelloni
chats with Hadar Shemesh to discuss her standards for the teachers she hires. GILL RAGSDALE,
Plus, teachers striking in Taiwan (page 6), teaching pronunciation (page 26), and navigating the research news reporter,
online teaching-sphere (page 28) – all this and more in your EL Gazette! has a PhD in Evolutionary
Anthropology from
Cambridge and teaches
LAUREN BILLINGS, EDITOR Psychology with the Open
University. She also holds
an RSA-Cert TEFL. Gill has taught EFL in
the UK, Turkey, Egypt and to refugees in
the Calais ‘Jungle’ in France. She currently
teaches English to refugees in the UK.

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account manager, a
graduate of Canterbury
and experienced
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Charlotte has a wealth of
expertise and knowledge
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IAN CARTER,
publisher, has a
Masters in Strategic
Business Management
(Westminster) and
30 years’ publishing
experience in the
professional and academic sector.
elgazette@media-shed.co.uk,
tel 020 3475 6811.
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