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1. Reference Guide to English:: A Handbook of English as a Second Language

   Format(s): Text

   The Reference Guide to English was designed to help learners of English understand challenging points of grammar.

2. Week 3 - News Media Observation Jigsaw

   In: Teacher's Corner: Media Literacy Format(s): Text

   This week’s jigsaw activity will allow students to analyze what they observed and share ideas with classmates.

3. Week 3 - Thinking About Intercultural Interactions (Part 3)

   In: Integrating Critical Thinking Into The Exploration Of Culture Format(s): Text

   So far this month in the Teacher’s Corner, students have had a chance to adopt characteristics of a fictional culture group, plan and perform skits, and observe and describe culture groups other than those they were assigned. Through critical thinking, reflection, and discussion, these activities have helped students recognize that culture includes more than just food, clothing, and celebrations.

4. Week 3 - Technology for Content Creation: OBS

   In: Teacher's Corner: Technology Tools for Students and Teachers Format(s): Text

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner explores technology and how we can use it to enhance classroom practice.

5. Week 4 - Successfully Navigating Intercultural Interactions (Part 4)

   In: Integrating Critical Thinking Into The Exploration Of Culture Format(s): Text

   Each week of this month’s Teacher’s Corner has required students to reflect and think critically in order to deepen their understanding of culture and how it can affect interactions. This week, students will apply their experience and knowledge to figure out how to make intercultural interactions successful, even if they are challenging.

6. A Different View of Fast Food

   In: English Teaching Forum 2002 (Volume 40, Number 1) Format(s): Text

   “Another View of Fast Food,” the last article within “The Hamburger Comes of Age,” discusses the ingredients and nutrition facts of the worst diet in the world. The author discusses the calories, fat, additives, and lack of nutrients in fast foods. The author points out that this type of diet will have tremendous consequences on a person’s health as they age, and encourages readers to study the menus in fast food restaurants.

7. English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 4

   Format(s): Text

   In the October 2002 issue of the ET Forum, the lead article is an interview with Mark Warschauer on the challenges and opportunities of education. The feature article is on renewable energy; other articles cover the areas of teacher development, what works in the language classroom, giving feedback for learner training, and phonetic symbols as a stepping stone.

8. Module 1: Contextualizing Language

   In: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Successful Practices Around the World Format(s): Text, Video, Website

   This Module of the Shaping the Way we Teach English Series contains a lesson plan and accompanying video that is focused on contexualization.

9. Using Web Resources in a Public Speaking Class

   In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This article describes ways to teach public speaking students how to efficiently locate information on the Internet, how to quickly evaluate and analyze those resources, and how best to navigate the Web. The author’s lesson leads the students through a Web-based scavenger hunt, included in the article, and has information about how to evaluate sites. The author expands on these lessons to show the students how the Internet can help prepare and deliver a speech.

10. Teaching Weak Forms

    In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 2 Format(s): Text

    This article describes a pronunciation concept referred to as the weak form, a compression of sounds used to keep the rhythm of spoken English. The author uses the word “that” as an example. Stressing or not stressing the word “that” when reading aloud the sentence “John thinks that man is evil” changes the meaning. Reading “that” as unstressed is an example of the weak form. The author provides examples of how to teach the weak form to provide students with better spoken English and better comprehension.

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