eltforward platform
The following is a list of topics teachers may choose from to write about and contribute to eltforward.
- Curriculum planning: vertical and horizontal
- Task based learning
- Teaching readers /short stories
- Teaching writing skills
- Teaching reading skills
- Teaching speaking skills
- Teaching listening skills
- Vocabulary skills building
- Phonics skills
- Cater for learner diversity
- E-learning in English language teaching
- Cooperative learning activities
- Infusing creativity into the curriculum
- Dyslexia and English language learning
- Senior Secondary English Electives materials development: short stories, drama, social skills , debate, workplace communication etc.
- Language across the curriculum (primary /secondary schools)
- Create a language-rich environment
- Cases on inter- school collaboration to foster language skills
- Reading pals programmes in schools
- Lesson studies: generic classroom teaching skills
- Utilize evidence-based methods to facilitate assessment for learning
- others
Guidelines of contributions
- eltforward encourages the submission of a variety of short manuscripts: e.g. articles, short responses to thematic Q & A.
- eltforward does not publish manuscripts that have been concurrently submitted to or are already under consideration for publication in other journals (print or electronic).
- The manuscripts accepted for publication should address an important question concerning English language education, English language teaching and learning in the primary or secondary levels. Please ensure your manuscript is written in a manner that is clear, concise, and coherent.
- Length of manuscript: Not more than 3000 words (excluding references and appendices).
- Visuals: Please use visuals only when they are really necessary. Try to include photos of student activities and use tables to summarize concepts and/or teaching strategies. Please represent all the visuals in PowerPoint first and reduce the size as far as possible, then copy them to your main document in WORD.
- eltforward reserves the right to make any changes necessary to accepted articles.
- Manuscripts must be submitted as an e-mail attachment accompanied by a manuscript submission form to the editorial address: ceciliachu@eltforward.com
- Submission form to download:
WORD [[ download ]]
PDF [[ download ]]
Contributions are welcome at all times. Manuscripts meeting the editorial criteria and recommended by the editor (and external reviewers) will be uploaded for sharing.
2024/ Issue 4/ April |
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| Fable series: The Vulture and his Friends (Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2024/ Issue 3/ March |
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| Fable series: The Greyhound Dog and the Rabbit (Juliana Chau) [[ download ]] |
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2024/ Issue 2/ February |
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| Fable series: Frogs and a stranger (Juliana Chau) [[ download ]] |
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2024/ Issue 1/ January |
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| Fable series: The Snail and the Squirrel (Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2023/ Issue 1/ July |
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| Shared reading: the alignment of curriculum, subject and lesson plans (Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2019/ Issue 1/ September |
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| English Academic Writing Practice (Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2017/ Issue 2/ March |
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| Tutor-learner Collaborative Assessment for Learning (Juliana Chau) [[ download ]] |
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2017/ Issue 1/ February | |
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Using data to plan, develop and assess speaking skills of students at P5 level (Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2016/ Issue 5/ November | |
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A Four-Step Structure for Better Writing (Juliana Chau) [[ download ]] |
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2016/ Issue 4/ October | |
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The effects of portfolio practice on
English language learning (Juliana Chau) [[ download ]] |
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2016/ Issue 3/ July | |
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Help your children learn English at home_
Blending words using spelling cubes (Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2016 / Issue 2/ May | |
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Teaching listening: intensive listening (Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2016 / Issue 1/ February | |
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Teaching listening: one way listening
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2015 / Issue 8 / December | |
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Teaching listening: the knowledge source
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2015 / Issue 7 / September | |
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Communicative techniques for supervisory conferences
(Cecilia Chu) Note: This article is set on the teacher education context. But the dialogic communication strategies discussed in the article may also shed lights on teacher-students interaction skills in the school context, e.g. when a teacher guides their students to reflect on their learning and peformance. [[ download ]] [[ download ]] [[ download ]] [[ download ]] |
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2015 /Issue 6/ June | |
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Help your children learn English at home: treasure hunt
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2015 /Issue 5/ May | |
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Speak well, write well: A case of building writing scaffolds at P4 level (source: http://cd1.edb.hkedcity.net/cd/languagesupport/publications/compendium/0911_contents_e.html) (Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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Cheung Chau Learning Circle: A case of a district network supporting teacher professional development (source: http://cd1.edb.hkedcity.net/cd/languagesupport/publications/compendium/1113_contents_e.html) (Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2015 /Issue 4/ April | |
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Infusing creativity into the Primary 4 writing curriculum
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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Dyslexia and English Language teaching: a case of identifying needs and planning for support for secondary one students (source: http://resources.hkedcity.net/res_files/201102/20110223095546_484718.pdf) (Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2015 /Issue 3/ March | |
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Talking with children through playing puppet roles
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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Nursery rhymes and tongue twisters for parties
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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I’ve done some shopping
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2015 /Issue 2/ Feb | |
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幫助孩子學好英文四個備忘
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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Help your children revise words using card games
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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Help your children revise English grammar through playing board games
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2015 /Issue 1/ Jan | |
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How can parents facilitate their children to learn English as a second language?
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2014 /Issue 3/ December | |
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How to build up students' confidence and strategies to master effective listening skills at primary 5 level
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2014 /Issue 2/ October | |
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Building Five Minds for the Future in the 21st century school education: using group discussion as an entry point
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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2014 / Issue 1 / September | |
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What can a subject website offer to English language learning?(Words from professional officers)
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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Teaching English ordinal numbers to learners with dyslexic characteristics (Words from professional officers)
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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Co-teaching as a possibility for differentiated instruction. The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. XII, No. 11, November 2006
(Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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Using Speaker’s meeting as a platform to develop speaking and leadership skills at P6 level (Cecilia Chu) [[ download ]] |
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