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ELT Journal Article: Affordance, learning opportunities and the lesson plan pro forma

December 7, 2015 Posted in ELT, Language teaching, Lesson planning, Teacher education, Teacher training2 Comments

My recent article for ELT Journal is available free online, here, as it was selected as Editor’s Choice article for July 2015. Oxford University Press also asked me to record a short introductory video, now posted on YouTube, where I can be seen doing my Tommy Cooper impression (not discussed in the article): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReNGZQ90YAo&list=FL_Ny_v5SlZ2aoD0Lljy0lng&index=1 If you…… Continue reading ELT Journal Article: Affordance, learning opportunities and the lesson plan pro forma

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