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1. Chapter 10: Building a Civil Society: Breaking Down Stereotypes

   In: Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Civic Education Format(s): Text

   This chapter in the Civic Education volume of the Language and Civil Society e-journal focuses on the importance of breaking down stereotypes as one way to build civil societies.

2. Vocabulary Strategy Work for Advanced Learners of English

   In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This article provides several activities designed to teach strategies for learning vocabulary. The author explains why it is important to teach strategies and offers ways for students to work on strategies, from preparation to experimenting with different methods, to evaluation of the instruction. Examples are given of cognitive, memory, and metacognitive strategies that encourage students to be responsible for their own learning of vocabulary.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Chapter 4: Whistle Blowing

   In: Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Business Ethics Format(s): Text

   This chapter in the Business Ethics volume of the Language and Civil Society e-journal discusses how employees make their decisions to come forward with potentially damaging information and about how employees identify strong ethical employment environments and, in turn, avoid potentially unethical employers.

6. Chapter 9: Quality Standards

   In: Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Business Ethics Format(s): Text

   This chapter in the Business Ethics volume of the Language and Civil Society e-journal focuses on quality standards and the challenging issues that are raised by standards and ethics internationally.

7. Board Game: Would You Rather?

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Board Games Format(s): Text

   The board game "Would You Rather…Why?" gives students a chance to express their preferences on a num­ber of different topics. For this board game, you will find the downloadable game, game instructions, and game variations.

8. Board Game: About Me

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Board Games Format(s): Text

   The board game About Me gives students a variety of prompts to talk about themselves. For this board game, you will find the downloadable game, game instructions, and game variations.

9. Board Game: Which One is Different? Why?

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Board Games Format(s): Text

   The board game Which One Is Different? Why? gives students an opportunity to debate which idea is different from the rest. For this board game, you will find the downloadable game, game instructions, and game variations.

10. Activate: Games for Learning American English - Word Bricks

    Format(s): Text

    Word Bricks help students identify word patterns in sentences. This overview will teach you sentence structure and patterns and help you to master all of the Word Bricks games!

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