The ESP/EFL teacher’s role in distance learning

Genovaite Snuviškiene Lecturer of English Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania ges@vgtu.lt Abstract The article attempts to highlight the importance of the ESP/EFL  teacher’s role in  the considered case of distance learning. The strategy of teaching English to the undergraduate engineering students that are less advanced in the English language requires teacher’s  multiple competences. The considered […]

Some organization forms of out-of-class activities while learning foreign languages in the technical higher education institution

Galina Chernenko Senior Lecturer the Syktyvkar Forest Institute, Russia Ksenia Chukileva Senior Lecturer the Syktyvkar Forest Institute, Russia chukileva_k@mail.ru Urn-address: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:jamk-issn-2343-0281-13 Abstract The article is devoted to the increasing role of out-of-class work while learning foreign languages in a technically oriented higher education establishment. In the article the definition of the independent work, its forms (individual, […]

10 Characteristics of Highly Effective EF/SL Teachers

Christine Coombe Dr. Coombe is faculty member at Dubai Men’s College in the United Arab Emirates. She chaired the TESOL convention in Tampa, Florida in 2006 and served as president of the TESOL International Association from 2011 to 2012. ccoombe@hct.ac.ae Urn-address: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:jamk-issn-2343-0281-14 The question of what makes someone a good teacher is relevant for all […]

Computer Aided Learning / Teaching

Gerhard FH Schmittinger Lecturer, MA, THED. University Albstadt-Sigmaringen, Germany sss@edugames.eu Urn-address: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:jamk-issn-2343-0281-15 Abstract The computer can be an invaluable teaching aid which not only relieves the teacher of cumbersome routine tasks such as marking, but allows students to practice their skills with an ever patient „electronic teacher“. Limited lecture periods mean limited contact time with […]

Ready – Set – PITCH!

Henri Annala Senior Lecturer and International Coordinator Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland henri.annala@tamk.fi Marianna Leikomaa Senior Lecturer Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland marianna.leikomaa@tamk.fi Urn-address: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:jamk-issn-2343-0281-16 Abstract This paper describes an experiment carried out by two English teachers at Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), Finland. The preparation and implementation of the experiment are […]

Language Teaching Tomorrow

The next issue of Language Teaching Tomorrow will be published when the fourth International Week for Language Teachers is organised. The third issue of Language Teaching Tomorrow was published connection with the 3rd International Week for Language Teachers organised in May 2019 in Tampere and Jyväskylä, Finland, by JAMK University of Applied Sciences and Tampere […]