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  1. Snowboarding: Wild Rides

    In: English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    This article on snowboarding is written for learners. The author gives an overview of the history of snowboarding, along with basic facts about the popular winter sport, a glossary of helpful terms, and information about the controversy surrounding its inclusion in the winter Olympics. There are also links to helpful websites, and colorful photographs illustrate important moves, equipment, and competitors.
  2. A Reading Programme for Elementary Schools

    In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    This article provides ways to create a positive attitude toward reading through a structured reading program. The article argues that reading programs should include increased reading materials via libraries, fund-raising, and other various collection ideas. The author emphasizes the importance of motivating and structured activities, parental involvement, and various teaching techniques, followed by promises and rewards. This helps young learners create a positive attitude towards reading.
  3. Story Theater

    In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    This article introduces an interactive and engaging classroom activity entitled Story Theater. The goal of this activity is to provide students with a text to read aloud as they act out the storyline using props and special effects. The purpose of Story Theater is to aid fluency and memorization and to provide students with a chance to use the language and their imaginations. This activity can be used with all ages and all English proficiency levels. The author includes examples of effective Story Theater lessons.
  4. Save the Lofty Trees

    In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    This is a script for a play called “Save the Lofty Trees,” intended for students use in ESL classrooms and is intended for young learners. This play gives students a chance to take part in group work by acting out the various scenes of the script. This will provide students with opportunities to use their skills and build fluency.
  5. 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.
  6. A Lesson Plan Speaking (and Writing) of Sports

    In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 3 Format(s): Text
    This lesson plan offers several sports-related photographs and classroom activities that use the pictures for individual, pair, or group work. The activities include a sentence-combination task, structured writing questions, open-ended writing tasks, a charting task, and questions for a whole-class discussion. The author gives suggestions for making the tasks easier or more difficult for multiple levels.
  7. Graphing Activity Student Survey

    In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 3 Format(s): Text
    This article shows how a learner poll can become a graphing activity for students. The author gives the reasons for using graphing activities as well as instructions for warm-up activities, graphing, and follow-up activities for a unit on sports. The author also provides ideas for using graphs with other themes.
  8. Discussion Questions for "Bessie Dreaming Bear" by Marnie Walsh

    In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    This is a column containing discussion questions for a poem, and suggestions for pre-writing, writing, and post-writing activities.
  9. Discussion Questions for "Moonflowers" by Karma Larsen

    In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    This is a column containing discussion questions for a poem, including literal comprehension questions, inference and figurative language questions, evaluation, experience, and appreciation questions.
  10. Chapter 8: Developing Empathy

    In: Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Peace Education Format(s): Text
    This chapter in the Peace Education volume of the Language and Civil Society e-journal focuses on developing empathy.

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