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1. Formative Assessments: Part 1

   In: Teacher's Corner: Collecting and Using Data Format(s): Text

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner will examine ways to ensure your students have learned the target content. In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we look at formative assessments to use in your classroom.

2. Making Reading Fun

   In: Teacher's Corner: Making Learning Fun Format(s): Text

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we look at a fun reading activity that can be adapted for different reading levels.

3. Week 4 - Technology for Content Creation: Openshot

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

   In our final week on this month’s theme of technology, learn how to use free video editing software - Openshot!

4. Martin Luther King Day

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

   Martin Luther King Day honors the life and legacy of one of the visionary leaders of the Civil Rights Movement and recipient of the 1964 Nobel Prize for Peace.

5. Learner Perspectives

   English language learners share how they use American English resources and materials to take their English language skills to the next level. Find out how American English has opened doors for language learners of all levels.

6. Content Spotlight: Valentine's Day

   Valentine’s Day in the United States is a festival of love, a day for people to express their feelings to their sweethearts, friends, family, and other loved ones. Find out more about this holiday.

7. Lessons Learned from Teaching English to Mothers of Visually-Impaired Children

   When Marquita Green accepted the fellowship for the English Language Fellow Program in Morocco, she never imagined she would have the opportunity to work with such a dedicated group of teachers and staff.

8. Webinars: Fun & Games

   Format(s): Text

   Learn to use games and other fun activities in the classroom.

9. Lesson Plan: Exploring Michigan

   In: English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   The lesson plan “Exploring Michigan” provides information on things to see and do in Michigan. It has three parts: a warm-up, the main activities that cover the four skills, and follow-up activities to further practice the content of main activities. The lesson aims to practice expressions of preference and persuasion. At the same time, the learners plan things to do on a trip to Michigan while creating and presenting an itinerary for a trip to Michigan, and then for a visit to their own country.

10. Encouraging Student Voices in a Chinese Classroom

    In: English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 4 Format(s): Text

    The author shares two activities she developed to promote student participation and encourage candid feedback. The first strategy involved having a student "facilitator" play the role of the teacher in small group discussions, providing an alternative to teacher-centered classrooms. To receive candid feedback from students, the author developed a system called no-fuss feedback. Students drew a large circle on a piece of paper and, as they listened to a list of class activities, they wrote the name of the activity in the circle if it helped them, and outside the circle if it did not.

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