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Navinder K.D. Singh provides a step-by-step guide to helping students work collaboratively to create a narrative and turn it into a digital flipbook.

Author: Navinder K. D. Singh Format: Text
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An Interactive Project for Online Language Practice: Creating a Narrative Flipbook
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Learn how Sara Kassab uses her passion for English and her talents as a teacher to serve refugee children in Baalbek, Lebanon, as she, her colleagues, and the families they serve deal with challenges related to the pandemic. 

Author: Sandra Story Format: Text
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My Classroom: Lebanon
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This is the first of four articles looking at various aspects of Forum as the journal moves into its 60th year of publication. This article reviews milestones and major changes that Forum has undergone over the last six decades. 

Author: Tom Glass Format: Text
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Reflections: Forum at 60
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Laura Loder Buechel presents innovative twists on the familiar technique of “mingling,” suggesting creative ways that you can use mingles to have students tell and listen to jokes, find partners, give compliments, and more—with additional tips for getting the most out of the mingles you use. 

Author: Laura Loder Buechel Format: Text
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"Mix It Up! Mingle Away!"
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This guide is designed to enrich your reading of the articles in this issue. You may choose to read them on your own, taking notes or jotting down answers to the discussion questions below. Or you may use the guide to explore the articles with colleagues. 

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Reader’s Guide
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The author, Jimalee Sowell, explains benefits of incorporating digital multimodal composition (DMC) into the English language classroom and carefully describes five types of DMCs, complete with multiple assignment suggestions, analysis questions, and other considerations for each type.

Author: Jimalee Sowell Format: Text
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Digital Multimodal Composition in the Second Language Classroom
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The author, Jonathan Maiullo, proposes ideas for considering the use of multimodal materials and different ways of communicating in order to offer students a rich, authentic learning experience; the article includes five example activities that “illustrate the ways that multimodal materials combine with modes of communication to create authentic online communicative activities.” 

Author: Jonathan Maiullo Format: Text
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Considering Multimodal Materials and Modes of Communication for Authentic Communication in Online Classes
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Genre: folk, folk-pop, Latin, pop
Location: Austin, TX
Group Size: 5 members
Artist Homepage: https://www.ginachavez.com

A radiant, passionate English and Spanish-speaking performer and activist, Texas singer-songwriter Gina Chavez crosses musical and cultural boundaries. A 12-time Austin Music Award winner, Chavez’s bilingual, genre-blending Latin pop and gutsy voice have been a hit on Amazon, iTunes and NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. Gina’s music is deeply personal. Her passionate collection of bilingual songs traversing cumbia, reggaetón, folk and soul take audiences on a journey to discover her Latin roots through music as she shares her story of life in Texas.

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Gina Chavez: She Persisted
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She Persisted Lyrics
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She Persisted Vocabulary
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Lyrics Scramble
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About Instrument Video
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Cultural Historical Video
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Inspiration for the Song Video
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Musical Skill Instrument Worksheet Video
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Musical Skill Instrument Worksheet Video 2
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Post-Listening Writing Prompts
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Learn how the split-screen function can simplify the process of marking assignments that your students have submitted electronically, and discover tips for using the split-screen function for other teaching purposes.

Author: Austin Pack Format: Text
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Making Marking Manageable and Other Tips Using the Split-Screen Function
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Fabiola Cruz Arellano is the only English teacher at the Profesor Carlos Hank González Elementary School in Toluca, where each week she teaches 850 students in the first through sixth grades. Ms. Cruz provides one 50-minute English lesson each week to 22 groups of students, with 40 to 55 students in each classroom.

Author: Connie Foss Format: Text
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My Classroom: Mexico (Online Only)
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