A Review of ‘Global Humility: Attitudes for Mission’ by Andy McCullough (Malcolm Down, 2017) In twenty-three pithy chapters, McCullough persuades us to slow down and wrestle with the topic of humility within our cross-cultural witness. The brevity of the chapters, I think, is done intentionally in order to jolt readers into a reaction of yearning, … Read more …
Utter Wisdom Book Review by Terry Young
We have been thrilled by the way in which many of you have started to use Utter Wisdom in your English language ministries, not only using the activity ideas and discussion questions laid out in the book but also adapting it in new and creative ways. We were delighted to receive the following review from … Read more …
Simply Eat: Everyday Stories of Friendship, Food and Faith
‘They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts’ Acts 2:46 It’s a great pleasure to recommend to you a book which we have been keeping from you for the past year and a half! Simply Eat: Everyday Stories of Friendship, Food and Faith (Instant Apostle, 2018) is a book … Read more …
Using Start to Speak – an interview with Frances
I have the weekly pleasure of working with Frances Forshaw coordinating and teaching at Bridges Argyle English Classes in Reading. Over the past few months, on zoom of course, Frances has been teaching our lower level class and using 2:19’s new Start to Speak resource. We had a chat about how it’s been going. Does … Read more …
The Christmas Name Game
What’s your name? What does it mean? This is a great way to begin a class activity that leads into talking about Christmas and the names of Jesus at Christmas time. Everyone has a name. Some people may know the meanings of their names. Some cultures choose names specifically for their meanings. Your discussion on … Read more …
Crossing Cultures with Jesus
I wish I’d read this book years ago. I certainly wish I’d read it before I repeatedly offered food to my friend, Ibrahim, who kept politely refusing! If only I’d read a book which pointed out how gaining ‘awareness of a few basic cultural differences that impact relationships (can) help us build trust more effectively’ … Read more …
Lessons with Laughter
Marina, could you tell us about this book and why it was written? This book was created to introduce British humour to English lessons. The author, George Woolard, is an experienced ELT teacher who teaches a range of English courses at Stevenson College, Edinburgh. The book is a bank of 92 photocopiable lessons which … Read more …
Professional Guidelines for Christian English Teachers
How to be a teacher with convictions while respecting those of your students As evangelical Christian English teachers, we all desire to be able to share our faith with our students. We know that ESL ministry is an incredible platform for outreach and evangelism and we want to take advantage of these opportunities to reach … Read more …
The Prodigal Prophet
The story of Jonah is perhaps among the most familiar in the whole Bible. Jonah, a zealous, religious Israelite, who loves his people and his country, receives a calling from God to go and preach a message of repentance to a nation living in sin- to Israel’s very enemies. We all know the … Read more …
Quench: Café Culture and Evangelism
This book is about finding ways of communicating truth to people in ways that they can relate to. The author states: ‘we don’t need to make the Bible relevant. It already is relevant. All we want to do is communicate the message of the Bible to people in their context’. If you’re considering ways that … Read more …
So to Speak
So you teach English to migrants? Firstly, your skills are invaluable and in great demand! Only this year, the government released a report which looked at the impact of community-based English language provision, and concluded that what you’re doing ‘increases English language ability and encourages wider social integration’. As teachers, we are already aware of … Read more …
Uncover John – English for All edition
This week we spoke to Jo Ratcliff, who has been involved in developing Uncover John Seeker Bible Studies – English for All Edition. Her contribution was to help simplify the original Uncover John studies so that they can more easily be used with internationals. And Jo herself knows only too well the struggle to find … Read more …