Professional Development

• By Nina M. Koptyug Bottom-Up or Top-Down Approach in EL Teaching and Learning
• By Elizabeth Bogdanova Cognitive Dissonances
• Antoinette Moses Story Comes First: The Writing Readers for the EFL Classroom

Good News

• By Evgeny Kunitsyn A Foreign Language as a Friend Indeed

Topical Journey

• Northern Ireland

Classroom Activities

• By Erin Bouma Folk Tales around the World
• Malawi: Working with Smallholder Farmers
• Mali: Trees, Microcredit and the Environment
• By Meline Vardanyan April Fool's Day
• By Anastasia Pozhidaeva Scared of Being Haunted

Focus on Language

• Виталий Левенталь Schemes and Scams
• Basic Vocabulary for Religion
• World Religions Vocabulary
• By Tatyana Makhrina Conversational Questions
• Christian Religious Rites

For Young Learners

• Ксения Зайцева The Time to Rhyme

Information

• Elizaveta Bogdanova Dear Reader!

Lesson Plans

• By Valeriya V. Golovintseva Reading for Pleasure

Methods of Teaching

• Пётр Степичев Педагогика удивления: новый подход к обучению иностранному языку
• By Rod Bolitho Holistic Grammar Teaching
• By Alexandra Chistyakova Mistakes as a Way to Improved Language Awareness

News in Brief

• The UK-Russia Year of Language and Literature 2016

Preparing for Exams

• By Youdif Boyarskaya Northern Ireland*

School Theatre

• By Anna Beregovskaya Ronia the Robber's Daughter

Teachers Forum

• Г. Бувдевская Речевое развитие учащихся на уроках иностранного языка средствами игровой технологии

Texts for Reading

• By Gary Shields Northern Ireland: Myths, Stereotypes and Marching Bands