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1. Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller

   Format(s): E-book, MP3, Text

   Seven popular Poe stories, slightly adapted for language learners. Stories are suitable for high-intermediate and advanced learners of English. Download the e-book, MP3 or PDF.

2. Bright Ideas: A Teacher’s Resource Manual

   Format(s): Text

   Bright Ideas: A Teacher’s Resource Manual offers twenty-six practical teaching strategies and techniques that originally appeared in Ideas Plus, a special series of publications produced by the National Council of Teachers of English.

3. Design for Drama: Short Plays from American Literature

   Format(s): Text

   Design for Drama features a number of plays that are adapted from well-known American short stories and poems. Download the PDF or E-book.

4. Shaping the Way We Teach English: From Observation to Action

   Format(s): Text

   Shaping the Way We Teach English: From Observation to Action is a series of video-based training materials for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) educators.

5. Winter Scenes

   In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   ʺWinter Scenesʺ is a series of photos with captions. The pictures can be used as writing or discussion prompts.

6. The Lighter Side: Winter Sports Word Search

   In: English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This winter sports word search gives students clues to the name of a sport they need to find in the puzzle.

7. The Lighter Side: Baseball Terms with Everyday Meanings

   In: English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This matching activity offers students words that are related to baseball but also have a second meaning. They must match the term with both meanings.

8. The Lighter Side

   In: English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   “New York City Word Search” is a crossword puzzle using vocabulary (famous buildings, famous neighborhoods, etc.) related to New York City.

9. Seattle, Washington: The Rainy City

   In: English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This is an introduction to Seattle, including its history, attractions, geographical characteristics, and interesting facts. The introduction also contains many pictures of local attractions.

10. Lesson Plan: Seeing Seattle

    In: English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 2 Format(s): Text

    This lesson plan contains four main activities and two optional activities based on the feature article about Seattle.

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