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1. Jigsaw Vocabulary

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This is a step-by-step description of an activity that incorporates group work to introduce learners to new vocabulary by using the jigsaw strategy.

2. Pragmatics of Complaining

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article presents twelve activities for teaching the pragmatics of complaining, including strategies, tasks, and specific scenarios.

3. Activities to Support Students’ Out-of-Class Reading

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Teaching Technique gives suggestions for supporting students’ reading outside the classroom.

4. TRY THIS Skim, Scan, Run

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Here is a step-by-step guide to getting students out of their seats and moving around – and skimming and scanning reading texts.

5. Integrating Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking with Visuals

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This Teaching Technique gives suggestions for using pictures and other images to give students practice in the “four skills” and using authentic English to communicate.

6. My Classroom: Cote D’Ivoire

   In: English Teaching Forum 2020, Volume 58, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Learn how Mohamed Lekrama uses various teaching strategies, including reflection, with his students at the International University of Grand-Bassam.

7. My Classroom: Libya

   In: English Teaching Forum 2020, Volume 58, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Learn how Tamadar Issa, an author and a “creative educator,” uses her unique communication skills and her imagination to inspire the students she teaches in Tripoli.

8. Written Peer Response in L2 Writing

   In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article argues that peer reviews of student writing should be done in writing and orally, as opposed to only in writing or only orally. Peer reviewing usually addresses the organization and style of student writing. The author discusses eight advantages to managing a peer-review process this way.

9. Brain-Based Research & Language Teaching

   In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This article summarizes information on how the human brain works. It presents insights from research on the human brain that informs second and foreign language teachers. This article offers seven principles that can provide a general context for learning and teaching and lists some guidelines for selecting classroom materials, strategies, and methodologies.

10. Using English Teaching Forum in Teacher Development

    In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 4 Format(s): Text

    This collection of three small articles on how English Teaching Forum has been used in teacher training was created for this issue's anthology. Writers describe training sessions in Poland, Peru, Congo, and Togo. Teachers and teacher trainers all around the world have found innovative ways to take advantage of the availability, accessibility, and immediate applicability of Forum articles.

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