Editorial

 

Pilgrims News

1. Pilgrims News: Pilgrims on the Move – Initiatives for 2026, Phil Dexter, Pilgrims Teacher Training coordinator and editor the Teacher Trainer Journal
2. The Pilgrims Teacher Trainer Panel Discussion on: Using AI in the Humanistic Language Classroom, Saturday 21st February 2026
3. NEW!!! Paid Advertising in HLT
4. NEW!!! Paid Advertising in TTJ
5. Pilgrims at IATEFL UK

 

ELT News

1. MATSDA/UAEH Conference: The Value of Texts as L2 Language Learning Materials
2. The Simon Greenall Award 2026
3. European Mindful & Compassionate ELT Project
4. Invitation from Chat&Chill Café 

Various Articles - Tertiary Education

1. Triple-A Writing Analysis: Analyzing the Message, the Complexity of Language, and Fluency of Expression, Miriam Semeniuk, Canada
2. EFL Students' Perceptions toward the Use of ChatGPT as Writing Assistance, Tran Thi Thanh Mai and  Vo Tran Quynh Thy,, Vietnam
3. MMO Gaming and Netflix During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Potential Influence on the Generation of Obsessive-Compulsive Behavioral Patterns within Belgrade University Students, Nebojša Damnjanović, Serbia

 

Various Articles - Social and Emotional Learning

1. Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence in Early Childhood through Telecollaboration and Storytelling: A Turkey–Nigeria Qualitative Action Research Study, Seda Hava Ak and Henry Dakat, Germany
2. Reclaiming the Human in Higher Education: A Call for Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in the Age of AI, Jokha Al Hosni, Oman
3. Practical Application of Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices and Universal Design for Learning to Promote Inclusivity, Tichakunda Gabi, Zimbabwe
4. Fostering Teacher–Student Rapport for Sustainable Benefits: Student Insights, Lara Arafat, Oman

 

Various Articles - The Teaching Profession

1. CPD Continuing Professional Development or Continuing Personal Development? - 10 Steps to Life-long, Life-wide Learning, Anila R. Scott-Monkhouse, Italy
2. Artificial Intelligence (“AI “) and the Humanistic Method, Mike Shreeve, UK
3. Why Your Content is Better at Creating Clients than Anything AI Can Produce (Sorry ChatGPT!), Rachel Roberts, UK

 

Eco Issues

1. Eco-issues in the ELT Classroom: Addressing Agenda 2030, Hanna Kryszewska, Poland
2. Climate Psychology Alliance: Useful Links and Resources

 

EMBR.ACE

1. Humane Intelligence: The Basis of Educator Wellbeing in the Age of AI, Effie Kyrikaki, Greece

 

Psychology and ELT

1. Psychology and ELT: Feedback,  Nick Michelioudakis, Greece

 

NO Project

1. Addressing Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Through Non-sensationalist, Age-appropriate and  Respectful Lesson Plans, Judy Boyle, Greece

 

The Creativity Group

1. How I became a Storyteller, Jamie Keddie, Spain

 

Lesson Ideas

1. ‘Sophie the Lady and Mouse in the House’:  Arts and Crafts  ELT Project for  Young Learners  Part III, Sylwia Zabor-Żakowska, Poland
2. Snow White, AI and the 14 Teenagers, Ruth Jones, Germany
3. Two Roads, One Voice: Exploring Choices through Poetry and Imagination – a Lesson Plan Based on the Text-driven Approach, Ayşe Yılmaz, Türkiye
4. Bringing Middle-earth into the EFL Classroom: Teaching Descriptive Writing with Tolkien, Aliya Kurmanova, Kazakhstan
5. Communicating Research in Social Media: A Teaching Plan for Tertiary Education, Karen Passmore, Germany
6. A Way to Encourage Our Students to Speak and Write Up an Interview, Peter Dyer, France
7. Weekly Speech-Contest-Style Speaking Tasks as Reflective Practice, Alexander Cameron, Japan

 

Voices

1. From English to Italian and Back Again: A Teacher’s Journey, Andrea Briselli, Italy

 

Publications

1. Short Book Reviews, Hanna Kryszewska, Poland
2. Review of Stories of Mentoring Teacher-Research, reviewed by Khanthanaly Panvilaysone, PDR Laos
3. The Art of Sensitivity in Awareness: an Extract from "Is AI making our kids stupid?”, Roy J Andersen, UK
4. News from DELTA Publishing
5. Message from Oxford University Press

 

Humour

1. Testing Times - Special Populist (!) English Edition, Geoff Tranter, Germany

 

Poems 

1. Three Poems, Robin Usher, Hungary

 

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