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1. Classroom Activities

   In: English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This section presents three stand-alone English language-learning activities related to horses.

2. ENGLISH LANGUAGE THROUGH LYRICS

   Format(s): MP3, Text

   Wordplay is an exciting program between American English, U.S. Department of State, American Music Abroad, and American Voices to bring music and lyrics into the English Language classrooms across the world.

3. Teacher's Corner: Speaking - Information Gap Activities

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   This month’s Teacher’s Corner will examine the many forms information gaps can take, and we will explore several practical information gap variations that you can implement in classrooms of all levels.

4. Teacher's Corner: Personal Learning Networks (PLNs)

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   This month in the Teacher’s Corner, we will examine how to develop, maintain, and use a valuable group of connections – part of our personal learning network – for professional development purposes.

5. Creative Classroom Activities

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   Creative Classroom Activities is the second of a two-volume anthology of articles published between 1989 and 1993 in English Teaching Forum. Download the e-book or PDF.

6. Strategies for Engaging Young Learners

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   The difficulty in teaching young learners (YLs) in the EFL classroom is maintaining engagement throughout the lesson. Therefore, teachers of YLs need to incorporate activities that are meaningful, engaging, and also entertaining. This webinar will share practical tips and ideas for engaging young learners in the EFL classroom, including using fun songs with humor, using actions to accompany poetry and song lyrics, and promoting creativity. We will also focus on techniques for making input comprehensible, such as using gestures, visuals, and realia as learning tools. When using a variety of techniques and activities, children forget they are in a step-by-step language lesson, and the learning comes naturally.

7. English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 4

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   Find strategies for using nonprofit commercials as the basis for topic-based and project-based learning … assessing learners’ productive vocabulary knowledge … helping pre-service teachers observe classes more effectively… practicing tense and aspect in a creative, collaborative activity … conducting “small talks” as warm-up and review … and much more.

8. Chinese New Year

   In: Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A. Format(s): Text

   Chinese New Year is one of the most important and festive Chinese holidays. More than 2.5 million people of Chinese descent live in the United States and Chinese New Year's celebrations provide an important connection to Chinese culture and heritage.

9. After Twenty Years

   In: The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories Format(s): Text

   In “After Twenty Years,” two friends, Bob and Jimmy, agree to meet at Big Joe Brady’s restaurant in New York twenty years from the present date. Twenty years later, Bob is waiting for Jimmy to arrive. Does Jimmy show up? Read and find out!

10. Motivating Learners at South Korean Universities

    In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 3 Format(s): Text

    Using a problem-solution format, this article (originally published in 1997) discusses cultural and educational factors that affect language learners’ motivation and offers strategies to raise motivation.

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