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This purpose of this article, by Donna Bain Butler, is “to contribute to the professional development of teacher-trainers worldwide, with practical applications for instructors and curriculum developers who work to improve English proficiency in the professional/vocational training realm."

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Improving English Proficiency
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Authors Spencer Salas and Bernadette Musetti use the O. Henry story “Transients in Arcadia” (available on the American English website) to illustrate how readers can make a text more meaningful by connecting it to themselves, to other texts, and to the world.

Authors: Spencer Salas, Bernadette Musetti Format: Text
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Reading Up-Close and Personal
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In this puzzle, you are given the first lines to songs, but the second lines to those songs are not only scrambled—they are also out of order. Your job is to unscramble each of the second lines and then match it with the first line that it follows. If you and your students are feeling creative, after solving the puzzle you can continue the songs with your own ideas and even make up melodies and sing them.

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The Lighter Side: Scrambled Lyrics
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Author Heather Gaddis provides a detailed, step-by-step description of an original activity in which students examine and describe pictures that are similar to one another. The author includes suggestions for adapting the activity for different purposes and for integrating themes—which teachers can choose—into the activity for targeted practice.

Author: Heather Gaddis Format: Text
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Hidden Pictures
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Learn how Muhaymina Omar and her students on Unguja, one of the two main islands in Tanzania’s Zanzibar Archipelago, have come together in regular classes and in a special Saturday class to study English, collaborate to solve problems, and learn about themselves and the world around them.

Author: Muhaymina Omar Format: Text
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My Classroom: Zanzibar

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Author Claire Lee explains the steps in the acronym SAD PEACH, which can be used as a guide for giving instructions effectively with learners at various skill levels. The author presents a sample vocabulary game to illustrate how the steps can be applied.

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SAD PEACH
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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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Author Harald Spann explains the C.A.R.E. framework to support “planning and teaching pop-song lessons in different learning contexts.” Using the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” as an anchor, the author provides numerous examples of how teachers can apply the framework (covering creativity, analysis, response, and English) for multiple purposes.

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C.A.R.E.: A Methodological Framework

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Authors Lộc Thị Huỳnh Nguyễn and Fredricka L. Stoller share their own experiences as collaborators working together in person and on two distant continents, and they offer specific, detailed tips for others who are involved in cross-cultural collaborative projects or who may have the opportunity to collaborate in the future.

Authors: Lộc Thị Huỳnh Nguyễn, Fredricka L. Stoller Format: Text
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Cross-Cultural Collaboration
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Authors Kevin McCaughey and Rick Rosenberg demonstrate techniques for using board games to stimulate student-centered language practice that is flexible, productive, engaging, and fun. The article includes tips for efficient game play and for using games with a variety of levels and class sizes. The authors show that playing board games for language practice can be educational AND entertaining.

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Let Them Play
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