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1. Summer Vacation Comics
This stand-alone language-learning activity, “Summer Vacation Comics,” is related to the theme of summer. The activity is designed for students at the upper beginner/lower intermediate level. In the activity, students work in groups to create comics that illustrate their dream vacations, then practice speaking about them.

2. Create Your Own Flag
This stand-alone language-learning activity, “Create Your Own Flag,” is related to the theme of summer. The activity is designed for students at the intermediate level. In the activity, students discuss their country’s flag, read and answer questions about the United States flag, and create flags reflecting their own likes, dislikes, hopes, and beliefs. They then view and discuss one another’s flags.

Author: Heather Benucci and Jacqueline Gardy Format: Text
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This article, originally published in 2000, looks at various instruments, procedures, and practices for language testing and offers strategies for determining which assessment options are most appropriate in various contexts.

Author: John M. Norris Format: Text
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Purposeful Language Assessment: Selecting the Right Alternative Test
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Progress testing is often neglected in communicative language teaching; yet it has a crucial role. This article, originally published in 1995, offers a rationale for testing and presents guidelines for designing appropriate tests.

Author: Carmen Perez Basanta Format: Text
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Coming to Grips with Progress Testing: Some Guidelines for Its Design
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This article, originally published in 1982, is designed to help EFL teachers prepare effective selection, diagnostic, and evaluation instruments by avoiding common testing mistakes. Such mistakes are discussed under the categories of general examination characteristics, item characteristics, test-validity concerns, and administrative and scoring issues.

Author: Grant Henning Format: Text, Video
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Twenty Common Testing Mistakes for EFL Teachers to Avoid
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This piece makes a case for using assessment to understand and identify the needs of learners and introduces the three reprints that follow: “Twenty Common Testing Mistakes for EFL Teachers to Avoid,” Coming to Grips with Progress Testing: Some Guidelines for Its Design,” and “Purposeful Language Assessment: Selecting the Right Alternative Test.”

Author: Jerrold Frank Format: Text
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The Roles of Assessment in Language Teaching
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Using a problem-solution format, this article (originally published in 1997) discusses cultural and educational factors that affect language learners’ motivation and offers strategies to raise motivation.

Author: Janet S. Niederhauser Format: Text
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Motivating Learners at South Korean Universities
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A “how to” piece on using the problem-solution approach to writing academic articles, this article explores (originally published in 1997) defining the audience, defining the author, and evaluating the structure of an article, and it outlines helpful questions for writers and readers.

Author: Tom Miller and Dee Parker Format: Text
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"Writing for the Reader: A Problem-Solution Approach"

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This introduction presents contemporary commentary on the previously published articles  “Writing for the Reader: A Problem-Solution Approach” and “Motivating Learners at South Korean Universities.

 

Author: Tom Miller Format: Text
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The Author as Reader and Writer
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This article, which examines the use of songs to improve the listening skills of young learners, contains a lesson plan and follow-up activities and a list of online resources for songs.

Author: Mustafa Sevik Format: Text
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Teaching Listening Skills to Young Learners through 'Listen and Do' Songs
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This "Classroom Activities" features three stand-alone language-learning activity related to the theme of spring.

1. 'Lessons from Silent Spring' is designed for students at the Upper Intermediate/Advanced level and is based on the book Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson.

2. 'Spring Cleaning' is designed for students at the Upper Beginner/Intermediate level and gives students a chance to practice vocabulary related to household chores. In the activity, students also carry out a basic survey.

3. 'In Like a Lion, Out Like' a Lamb designed for students at the Beginner/Upper Beginner level and gives descriptions of three games that can be used to help students practice and remember vocabulary.

Author: Jennifer Hodgson Format: Text
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