Editorial

Pilgrims News 

1. Pilgrims Trainers Planning for Summer Courses 2025, Hanna (Hania) Kryszewska, editor of Humanising Language Teaching Magazine and Pilgrims trainer, Poland.

ELT News.

1. The MATSDA Materials Writing Competition 2024
2. 43rd Annual International TESOL France Colloquium: Embracing Change UPDATE
3. ELTOC

Various Articles - Coursebooks

1. An Investigation of Cultural Elements in Reading and Writing Texts in a Local English Language Coursebook for Use at Turkish Secondary Schools, Ayşe Yılmaz, Türkiye
2. Evaluation of Speaking Activities in a Local English Coursebook for 12th Graders: Interactional Patterns, Language Functions, Open and Closed Questions, Berra Nur Öztoprak, Yağmur Oktay, Hacer Göktaş, Tuğçe Erkınacı and Tuğçenur Caner, Türkiye
3. Cultural Diversity in a Local ELT Coursebook Used in Türkiye, Ebru Öksüz, Ayşe Büyükeryılmaz and Hande Harmankaya, Türkiye
4. The Representation of Human Rights in Local EFL Coursebooks, Kübra Nur Küçükbesleme, Beyza Nur Erko, Sinem Dertli and Elif Özcan, Türkiye
5. A Comparison of Cultural Elements in EFL Textbooks for 6th Graders used at Turkish and German Schools, Şerife Durna, Türkiye

Various Articles - Teaching languages

1. The Itinerary of Teaching French as a Foreign Language in Turkey: A Journey of Ups and Downs, Challenges and Potentials, Mehmet Kurt, Türkiye
2. A Critical Look at Some Issues of German as a Foreign Language Teaching in Turkish Secondary Schools, Ökkeş Aygün Öztürk, Türkiye
3. Teaching Turkish as a Second Language to International Students in Turkish Higher Education, Ali Uzun, Türkiye
4. Exploring Challenges for Learning and Teaching English in Turkey, Kübra Nur Küçükbesleme and Ökkeş Aygün Öztürk, Türkiye

Various articles - Pre-service teacher education

1. Examining Recent Studies on English Language Pre-Service Teacher Anxiety, Ceren Keleş, Türkiye
2. Flashing Back to Initial Teaching Practicum Experiences: A Mentor Teacher’s Initial Experience, Derya Akbana and Yunus Emre Akbana, Türkiye

Various Articles - CPD

1. Writing for Publication as a Tool in Teacher Development, Stefan Rathert and Zühal Okan, Türkiye

Various Articles - Eco Issues

1. Eco-psychological Awareness of Pre-Service English Language Teachers, Filiz Yörük Çevik and Reyhan Ağçam, Türkiye

21st Century Skills

1. Broaching Labour Work as a Topic for English language Teaching – a Lesson Outline Following the Text-driven Approach, Sabih Enes İzyaran, Sema Nur Şahin, Merve Gülnida Bakır and Cennet Ünal, Türkiye

Golden Classics

1. Total Physical Response Revisited: Applying a Practice Beyond the Traditional View, Kader Bilgiç and Nahide Nur Soylu, Türkiye
2. Using Realia in the Language Classroom to Foster Creativity, Kevser Bolat, Türkiye
3. Comics in Language Teaching: A Lesson Idea, Elif Nihan Yılmaz, Türkiye

Voices

1. The Flying Teachers: An Interview, Emine Onur and Muhiddin Balçın, Türkiye
2. My Journey as a Learner and User of English, Semanur Aras, Türkiye
3. Horses, Moms, UNESCO - How Language Learning Creates Unforeseeable Opportunities, Leila Guseinova, Russia

Publications

1. Book Review: Digitalizing English Language Teaching, Nina Lauder, Spain

Lesson Ideas for YL from Bulgaria

1. Storytelling and Video as a Means of Foreign Language Skills Development in Children, Safet Ahmed, Bulgaria
2. Puppet Theatre in Teaching English to Young Learners, Sofka Miteva, Bulgaria
3. Foreign Language Teaching to Very Young Learners: Development of Multiple Literacies Through Video Materials, Vanya Koleva, Bulgaria
4. Reading Diaries and Extensive Reading, Zhivka Ilieva, Bulgaria

To the Editor