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1. Lesson Plan: Athletes, Actions, and Adjectives

   In: English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   People who are very familiar with American football and those completely unfamiliar with it can benefit from the interactive, communicative activities presented in this lesson plan. Students can analyze examples from the NFL and create their own team names, team logos, and player descriptions. Ideas for teaching adjectives and body parts are also provided. In the spirit of the game, the plan features quick, lively group activities, all under 50 minutes each.

2. Creative Classroom Activities

   Format(s): Text

   Creative Classroom Activities is the second of a two-volume anthology of articles published between 1989 and 1993 in English Teaching Forum. Download the e-book or PDF.

3. VOA Interactive Learning: Wordbooks

   Format(s): Text, Website

   Interactive wordbooks for business English and general English, and an idiom dictionary. Learn English and American Business English.

4. VOA Learning English Activities

   Format(s): Website

   Leveled activities (beginning, intermediate, and advanced) on specific functions, produced by Voice of America.

5. Voice of America's Interactive Learning: The Classroom Official Facebook Page

   Format(s): Website

   The Facebook Page of Voice of America Special English, a component of the interactive VOA experience.

6. Classroom Activities

   In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This piece offers three activities that give students practice with vocabulary, grouping of similar terms, the use of future and present tenses, and identifying grammatical categories such as adjectives, verbs, and nouns.

7. Learn American English Wordbook Glossary

   In: VOA Interactive Learning: Wordbooks Format(s): Website

   Discover English with nearly 1,000 words and their definitions. Open the Interactive Wordbooks to hear English words and their definitions.

8. Learn American Business English Wordbook

   In: VOA Interactive Learning: Wordbooks Format(s): Website

   Learn business English with this interactive Wordbook. Improve your business English with definitions and examples.

9. Learn American English Idioms Wordbook

   In: VOA Interactive Learning: Wordbooks Format(s): Website

   Learn American idioms and improve your English.

10. PBS Learning Media

    Format(s): Website

    PBS LearningMedia™ is the go-to destination for instant access to tens of thousands of classroom-ready, digital resources including videos, games, audio clips, photos, lesson plans, and more!

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