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1. The Lighter Side

   In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This quiz tests students’ knowledge of idioms related to cars and driving.

2. Ten Things to Enhance Learning and Fun in the Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This Teaching Technique introduces a fun, versatile game that gets students thinking and talking together about any number of topic categories.

3. The Lighter Side

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This puzzle is called Mountain Climbing, with clues for words that give encouragement to people climbing a mountain or taking on other difficult challenges.

4. “Listen to the Music: Using Songs in Listening and Speaking Classes”

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article provides detailed descriptions of three practical activities that integrate music with English language learning.

5. Practical Tips for Increasing Listening Practice Time

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article help teachers of English reconsider how to think about listening tasks. It provides guidance for increasing classroom listening practice through short, dedicated tasks, with an emphasis on the practical business of setting up and “class-managing” listening activities in order to give students more practice.

6. Teaching Techniques: Group Grammar

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Before becoming a teacher of English to speakers of other languages, I taught French, and too often I saw that impersonal grammar exercises about “Jacques” and “Nathalie” were meaningless to the students. Worse, those exercises led to apathy and stagnation. So I decided to do grammar activities in which students used each other’s names, instead of random ones, and used the grammar to express ideas about their own lives.

7. English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 4

   Format(s): Text

   English Teaching Forum supports the teaching of English around the world through the exchange of innovative, practical ideas. Below is a description of each section of the journal, along with suggestions about how to use it.

8. English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 2

   Format(s): Text

   English Teaching Forum supports the teaching of English around the world through the exchange of innovative, practical ideas.

9. Reader's Guide

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   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.

10. Teaching Techniques: Speed Drawing for Vocabulary Retention

    In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 1 Format(s): Text

    This exciting drawing activity helps students remember vocabulary. The students were 12 to 14 years old and had a limited vocabulary. Speed drawing is a fun and successful way to help them practice asking questions and using targeted vocabulary.

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