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  1. Beyond Film: Exploring the Content of Movies

    In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    This article looks at the use of movies in the language-learning classroom. The author promotes the use of the movie “To Kill a Mockingbird” due to its content, which involves poverty, racial inequality and mental illness, and to the availability of websites related to its use in English classrooms. The author highlights six scenes for understanding the movie, pre-viewing, while viewing, and post-viewing activities, as well as suggestions for Internet follow-up. An example WebQuest is included.
  2. Beyond Proficiency: Nurturing Critical Thinking Skills in the EFL Classroom

    In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video
    Develop a shared understanding of what it means to “think critically," and examine why teachers should devote time to helping students develop a critical thinking mindset.
  3. Establishing Textual Authority and Separating Voices: A New Approach to Teaching Referencing

    In: English Teaching Forum 2011, Volume 49, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    This article provides practical reasoning and tools for the ESOL teacher to better teach source referencing. The author argues that students from around the world are taught different concepts for using sources. Students often assume texts present truths that do not require analysis. Many cultures teach students to memorize texts and repeat them to show mastery and shared knowledge. The author addresses plagiarism and provides classroom exercises.
  4. The Line Between: Questions, Responses, and Critical Reading

    In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video
    This session, "The Line Between: Questions, Responses, and Critical Reading," introduces the Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) framework for building readers’ confidence in locating information in a text and turning to themselves to answer questions that require thinking beyond the text.
  5. Trace Effects Manual - Chapter 2

    In: Trace Effects Teacher's Manual Format(s): Text
    The manual provides information on teaching using online games and gives ideas for extending beyond the game using easy, interactive tasks for Chapter 2 of Trace Effects.
  6. Trace Effects Manual - Chapter 5

    In: Trace Effects Teacher's Manual Format(s): Text
    The manual provides information on teaching using online games and gives ideas for extending beyond the game using easy, interactive tasks for Chapter 5 of Trace Effects.
  7. Trace Effects Teacher's Manual

    Format(s): Text
    This Trace Effects manual provides information on teaching using online games and gives ideas for extending beyond the game using easy, interactive tasks.
  8. A Judicious Lesson: A Whole-learning Reading Activity

    In: English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    This article discusses the use of whole-reading activities in a university level reading and speaking course. The author used a magazine article about a murder and a trial to develop a four-week unit in which students investigated ideas about crime, punishment, rhetorical strategies, idiomatic language, and the United States' judicial system. Through the use of this unit, the author advocates for readings and activities that challenge students to move beyond comprehension of a text.
  9. Trace Effects Manual - Chapter 3

    In: Trace Effects Teacher's Manual Format(s): Text
    This manual provides information on teaching using online games and gives ideas for extending beyond the game using easy, interactive tasks for Chapter 3 of Trace Effects.
  10. A Questionnaire Project: Integrating the Four Macro Skills with Critical Thinking

    In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    This article describes the steps of a questionnaire project that uses listening, speaking, reading and writing while developing interpretation skills and self-regulation. The project creates survey questions, collects and analyzes data, and reports results. While students work in groups, they have opportunities to brainstorm, express opinions, and ask for clarification. The article includes tips on time constraints, evaluation of data, participation, and topic selection.

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