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1. Teaching Communication: Back to the 60s

   In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This piece, a preface to a reprinted 1971 article on communication practice, focuses on the need for real communication in the language classroom.

2. The Lighter Side: "Shop Talk"

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This puzzle asks questions about various parts of motorcycles; the answer to each question is then written in a grid.

3. Using Models in the Second-Language Writing Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article carefully discusses the use of writing models: whether to use models; how to select appropriate models; and when, why, and how to use them.

4. Cooperative Game-Playing in the EFL Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The author presents strategies for successful team-bonding games along with descriptions of games and suggestions for building a collaborative atmosphere before, during, and after the games.

5. The Lighter Side: Medical Mix-Ups

   In: English Teaching Forum 2020, Volume 58, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Oops! In each of these sentences, related to medicine and health, one word is misused and needs to be replaced with a word it rhymes with. Can you solve this fun puzzle?

6. The Lighter Side: Sophie’s Seven Tasks

   In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Last week, “Sophie” completed tasks related to every article in this issue of Forum. Can you find the order in which she completed the tasks?

7. The Lighter Side: "An English Class Logic-Grid Puzzle

   In: English Teaching Forum 2022, Volume 60, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   In this puzzle, your job is to solve a logic-grid puzzle that is based on elements of sentences that three students have written. After you have solved the puzzle, you must determine the sentence that each student wrote from a list of choices.

8. Contextualizing Teacher Training through Needs Analysis and Reflexivity

   In: English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Experienced teacher trainers Jimalee Sowell and Kevin McCaughey offer “suggestions teacher trainers might implement to improve their understanding of the local teachers they work with as well as ways of knowing the self and how the self interfaces with local contexts.” The article describes methods of needs assessment and discusses techniques for examining and understanding the self, all in the context of enhancing teacher training and professional development.

9. Motivated to Work: The Power of Choice Boards

   In: English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Teaching Technique

10. Towards Better Group Work: Seeing the Difference between Cooperation and Collaboration

    In: English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 2 Format(s): Text

    The author explains the difference between cooperation and collaboration in the classroom. Cooperation is students working together (each with individual tasks) for an end product, while collaboration is students interacting to create knowledge. The author discusses the strengths of collaboration and the teacher’s role. Also provided are guidelines for successful collaboration, sample activities, and frequently asked questions, such as what to do when students have emotional reactions to the group work.

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