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1. Week 2 - Active Verb Tense Game

   In: Teacher's Corner: Grammar Games Format(s): Text

   Games that get learners out of their seats moving around are not only fun, but also appeal to different learning styles. This week, we present two games that can be used to practice verb tenses in active ways that create memorable learning experiences for students.

2. Week 3 - Personal Profiles

   In: Creating a Positive Classroom Community Format(s): Text

   It's important to build a classroom community throughout the year. In this week's Teacher's Corner, learn about a daily activity that can foster community development in your classroom.

3. Four Friends

   In: American Teens Talk! Format(s): MP3, Text

   In this interview, four friends talk about what they do in their free time and on the weekends, as well as their part-time jobs.

4. Audacity: Audio Recording Software

   In: Teacher's Corner: Technology Format(s): Text

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner will examine four types of technology that can help achieve classroom goals. Each tool is free to use. In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we look at a free recording program, give step-by-step guidelines for using it, and suggest ways to create classroom materials with it.

5. Webinars: U.S. Culture

   Format(s): Text

   Learn how to integrate culture into your classroom with these webinars.

6. Webinars: Global Citizenship

   Format(s): Text

   From networking to climate change, these webinars are about being a global citizen.

7. Week 1 - Language Experience Approach (LEA)

   In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills Format(s): Text

   This week, learn about the Language Experience Approach activity.

8. Teaching Self-Regulation Strategies to Language Learners

   In: Teacher's Corner: Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities Format(s): Text

   Since the late 1980s, second language researchers and cognitive scientists have investigated the role of strategies in learning a language.

9. Students as Textbook Authors

   In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The authors describe their experience using a learner-centered approach to turn learner writing into booklets. When students write about their own lives, they can focus on the language they need to express their ideas. Interaction increases because interest is high. Near beginners can create fact sheets about themselves, and more advanced students can write language-learning histories. The texts can become fill-in-the-blank activities or be read aloud. Student texts inform instructors of needs and interests; they give students ownership of their learning and provide models for future classes.

10. Week 2 - Simple and Phrasal Modals

    In: Teacher's Corner: Modals Format(s): Text

    In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students use simple and phrasal modals in new and engaging ways.

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