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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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The article describes ways that having students dub their own voices into English language movies can improve their pronunciation and intonation; the author presents a dubbing project that helps students focus on pronunciation in a way that is both challenging and enjoyable.

Author: Tran Thi Hai Yen Format: Text
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Using an excerpt from a Jack London story as an anchor text, the authors describe five strategies designed to help students “see” what they are reading; the visualization strategies can “promote active engagement [with the text] both for enjoyment and for learning.”

Authors: Spencer Salas, Brian Keith Williams, Maryann Mraz, and Soufiane Adrane Format: Text
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The authors discuss the complexity of identifying learning disabilities in the English language classroom, then offer four methods of instruction to support students with learning disabilities, with clear descriptions of effective strategies, and provide an extensive list of useful resources.

Author: Jimalee Sowell and Larry Sugisaki Format: Text
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This session, "for Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning in an Online Environment," examines guidelines and effective practices for developing online assessments, including adapting existing face-to-face assessments for use online and creating new assessments tailored for virtual environments.

Author: Kendra Staley Format: Text, Video

This session, “Differentiating Instruction (Online!) for Equity in Learning,” explores the concept of differentiated instruction, which aims to ensure all learners are given opportunities to succeed, and shares practical differentiation strategies for the online EFL classroom.

Author: Chloe Bellows Format: Text, Video

This session, "Increasing Student Talk Time in the Online Classroom," discussed benefits of increasing student oral language use in virtual environments, and explored routines, activities, and tools that gave students a voice in their online classrooms.

Author: Christine Esche Format: Text, Video
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This session, "Unleashing Your True Teaching Power: Interaction in Online Learning Environments," demonstrates how to engage learners in online environments by transforming traditional classroom tools. Common techniques such as reading circles, interactive lines, information gaps, and jigsaws are ‘reimagined’ for the online setting. Teachers will not only see how researchers repurposed these activities, but will also reimagine their own favorite activities through the SAMR model for technology integration. A resource kit with activities ranging from warm-ups to guided and independent practice for reading, writing, listening, and speaking will be shared.

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This session, "Tips and Activities for Creating a Communicative EFL Classroom Using Online Meeting Software," introduced several communicative EFL activities for instructional sessions conducted via video-based online meeting software. We explored practical ideas for fostering students’ confidence in their oral communication skills as they learn and practice online. We also discussed how to develop contingency plans to prepare for times when technology may fail or malfunction.

Author: Lea Gabay and Kelly Vassar Format: Text, Video, Website
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This session, "Creating Community Online," explored strategies for building community in the online English language classroom. The session highlighted some of the differences between synchronous and asynchronous learning and how each learning format can be effectively used. We also examined how to adapt important classroom management practices, such as monitoring work and giving feedback, for the online classroom. We discussed how to create a plan that establishes communications-related expectations and how to build a positive class community by incorporating reflection. Finally, we explored activities and tools for enabling student collaboration.

Author: Heather Gaddis Format: Video

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