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In English is a magazine published by the British Council in Portugal for teachers of English. The magazine was originally launched in December 1979 under the name of the Newsletter. It then became the Journal, and then in Autumn 2002 took on a new look and a new name - In English.

Most of the articles are written by British Council teachers and others by guest writers, including well-known names in the world of ELT. The magazine is mainly directed at state school teachers of English: indeed the magazine started life as a joint venture with the Direções Gerais do Ensino Básico e Ensino Secundário. It has also spawned a book: At the Chalkface (Edward Arnold, 1985).

You can read selected articles from past issues below in pdf format (all files open in a new window). There are some articles we cannot publish as many are dependent on graphics that cannot be seen over the web, or technology has moved on!

Permission to reproduce articles from In English will normally be granted but must be obtained in advance from the editor.

In English - Spring 2008

In English - Spring 2007

Illustrations by Simon Larkin and Wilf Kruppa

In English - Winter 2006

Illustrations by Simon Larkin and Wilf Kruppa

In English - Spring 2006

In English - Winter 2005
articles are all pdf files, and will open in a new window

In English - Spring 2005
articles are all pdf files, and will open in a new window

In English - Autumn/Winter 2004
articles are all pdf files, and will open in a new window

In the Archive

You can also access these articles from back issues. There are some articles we cannot publish as many are dependent on graphics that cannot be seen over the web.

in English No. 1  - Autumn 2002

Editorial - Robert Ness, Director, British Council, Portugal
Editorial - Julie Tice, Editor
Younger Learners
Teaching Primaries - easy peasy…. if you know what you're doing (2.8MB)- Simona Demuro
Discipline with 10 to 12 year olds 370k - Sheila Margaret Ward
Dealing with differences 1.5MB- Julie Tice
Teenagers and adults
Teaching Unplugged 2MB - Scott Thornbury
Practising Dogme 1.8MB - Cathy Wilson
It's a tag-question game, isn't it? 560k - Ligia Lopes
Warmers 1.2MB - Gaynor Evans
Making board games 920k - Anne Egan
Multimedia in the classroom - Paul Jackson
Special features
Some Internet resources for translation 1.8MB - Fátima Dias
BritLit: an adventure 2.4MB - Fitch O'Connell
Business English
Business question time 356k - Cathy Bright
Fast lesson, junk lesson? 770k - Cathy Bright
Writing an email: a quick review and correction activity 560k - Cathy Bright
Professional development
The Diploma Delights? 940k - Debbie Horsley

The Journal No. 13 Spring 2002

Editorial - Robert Ness, Director, British Council, Portugal
Editorial - Julie Tice, Editor
Younger Learners
Learning English through stories and the technique of storytelling - Gail Ellis,
Two ideas for word processing with primary classes  - Jennifer Santos Lã  
Using the Internet with young learners - Andy Barrett**  
Teenagers and adults   
Low preparation, high performance  - Karen Barnes  
The importance of developing cultural awareness - Hugh Moss
A lesson out of the classroom  - Gaynor Doyle  
Juggling with slippery eels - Fitch O`Connell  
War from different perspectives -teaching on a theme - Joseph Guerra
Special features   
Self-access: A framework for diversity - Michael Rodden and Michelle Parrington  
Business English
Ideas for a business class - Maryanne Graham and John Fraser
Professional development   
The Open University experience - Carolina Trewinnard  

The Journal No. 11 April 2000

Teaching though translation 4.9MB - Jonathan Stoddart
No room at the estalagem 2.6MB - Nic Hurst
Some approaches to written correction 3.7MB - David Cranmer
The correction of students' oral errors 1.4MB - Hugh Moss
Towards whole learning 3.1MB - Carol Read
Language is 'being' not 'having' 1.8MB - Mario Rinvolucri

The Journal No. 10 April 1999

Developing metacognitive awareness - the missing dimension 5.1MB - Gail Ellis
When development becomes training 2.6MB- Andy Baxter
Team teaching 1.7MB - David Cranmer
Reflections on written feedback 1.4MB - Hugh Moss
Ideas that work for younger learners 657k - Will Walker
Just doing IT** - Paul Sweeney
E-mail projects and e-mail writing skills 3.1MB - Robert Tuck
Pemba diary 1.3MB - Neil Murray

The Journal No. 09 April 1998

"input + 1" versus "intake + ?": product and process in TEFL today 3.3MB - Andy Baxter
Motivating students 1.7MB - Hugh Moss
The ghosts of teachers past 701k - Philip Town
A spoonful of trust 915k - Andrew Houghton
"Our little dictionary" - or How to make beginners like learning basic English 3.4MB - João Cidreiro Lopes
Storytelling for young learners 1.9MB - Annie Tostevin
Translation still taboo? 3.3MB - Robert Tuck
Internet workshop** - Sam Dunlop
The hand in language teaching 1.9MB - Mario Rinvolucri
Write me a letter, drop me a line 3.1MB - Joan Reid
Using songs in the classroom** - Tom Hamilton
Materials produced by young beginners 2MB - Helena Mesquita
Ways of presenting classroom language 2.2MB - Sally Gonçalves
Teaching the vocabulary of a text 2.7MB - David Cranmer

** articles which have limited copyright or are no longer current