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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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Creating podcasts gives students opportunities to practice English in meaningful ways, be creative, and develop skills that can be put to use inside and outside the classroom. Author Enock Mbenza offers specific examples and provides organizational templates that students can apply to almost any topic.

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Innovative Student-Podcasting Activities
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Author Jimalee Sowell explains the branches of the Community of Inquiry framework and shows how they can be applied to ELT workshops. Numerous examples are given, along with a sample workshop design that is based on collaborative writing but can serve as a model for workshops on other topics.

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Community of Inquiry
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In this puzzle, questions and their answers are mixed together. Can you unscramble each group of words to form a question and an answer that goes with it?

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The Lighter Side (with answers)
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As the title suggests, this article describes three activities that give learners listening and speaking practice in fun, imaginative ways. The authors suggest ways to adapt the activities for young learners, advanced learners, and large classes, making the article relevant to teachers in a variety of contexts.

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A Good Listener
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Joshua Lee provides detailed, step-by-step guidelines for helping students write their own restaurant reviews. The article takes readers through the entire process of choosing a restaurant, filling out the provided observation form while there, and then drafting and revising a review. 

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Restaurant Reviews
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Reader's Guide
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Author Adriano Delego demonstrates why it is important for learners to be able to understand variations in English language spoken around the world, then describes six activities teachers can use to give their students practice in listening to and comprehending different varieties of English.

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English Language Variation
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Author Christine Eide shows how teachers can incorporate interactive video into their lessons to give learners customized practice and to increase their engagement with content. The article features numerous examples and a detailed interactive video lesson plan.

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Using Interactive Video
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Riah Werner uses her experience with a storytelling club in Tanzania to give guidance for starting, customizing, and maintaining storytelling clubs in other contexts. The article provides options and suggests specific activities for those who are interesting in starting a similar club of their own.

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Storytelling Clubs
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