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  1. Tutorials: A Way of Building Community in the Classroom

    In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    These authors from Singapore and Macao discuss the benefits of developing a sense of community in the classroom, which they say can build an environment of trust and mutual confidence with Chinese students. The authors recommend using individual and group tutorials. Although some teachers think tutorials are too much work, the authors claim it is worthwhile. These tutorials are developed with an informal structure and encourage a free flow of conversation. The article gives examples of how tutorials are used in the ESL classroom.
  2. The Lighter Side: Fishy Fun

    In: English Teaching Forum 2011, Volume 49, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    There are two games. The first has five tongue twisters, each word missing a letter which the student must complete. The second game is a matching game, but the words are missing letters which the student must fill in before he/she completes the match. The games help with vocabulary and spelling.
  3. From da Vinci to Recumbent... Velocity and the Velocipede

    In: English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 3 Format(s): Text
    This reading on bicycles is appropriate for intermediate to advanced students. The author traces the history of the bicycle back to the nineteenth century and describes major innovations in the technological development of bikes. Modern bicycle technology and impacts are also discussed. The article presents the etymology of the word bicycle and then offers translations into other languages, illustrating that in many cases a relationship to the root of the original word remains. Additional websites of interest are also included for further reading or follow up activities.
  4. The Lighter Side: … 20, 21 …

    In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    The clues in this puzzle lead to pairs of consecutive numbers. Can you find them all?
  5. The Lighter Side

    In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 4 Format(s): Text
    The Lighter Side in this issue has three parts. “Scrambled Energy Words” is an unscrambling-the-words activity using vocabulary related to energy. “Energy Jokes and Puns” has jokes related to energy, and “Energy Idioms” contains idioms related to energy.
  6. The Lighter Side: Joke Matching

    In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 3 Format(s): Text
    The punch lines to these jokes are out of order. Can you match them with the correct questions to form jokes that make sense?
  7. About the U.S.A.

    Format(s): Text
    About the U.S.A. is an American Studies reader that examines the customs, government, and history of the United States of America.
  8. "A Day in the Life Of … : A Drama-Based Activity"

    In: English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 4 Format(s): Text
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  9. Bringing One Language to Another: Multilingualism as a Resource in the Language Classroom

    In: English Teaching Forum 2011, Volume 49, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    Many EFL students are already multilingual, but they may not realize the strengths they bring to language learning. This article calls on instructors to help students develop language awareness and guide them to find ways to apply what they know about language. The author shows how this process occurred in a sociolinguistics course and includes sample lessons for all ages and a variety of levels of proficiency. Lessons incorporate the students’ language knowledge in such skill areas as grammar and vocabulary.
  10. Six Vocabulary Activities for the English Language Classroom

    In: English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 3 Format(s): Text
    This article focuses on the development of vocabulary among English language learners. The author first defines what a “word” means, then discusses five aspects of vocabulary knowledge. Drawing on Swain (1993), the author identifies three main goals of vocabulary learning. The rest of the article is devoted to the description of six activities to help students learn vocabulary in ESL/EFL contexts.

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