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1. English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 1

   Format(s): Text

   This issue features Hawaii, and a lesson plan guides teachers in exploring Hawaiian culture, and their own cultures, with their students. Other articles discuss integrating indigenous cultures into English language teaching, integrating critical thinking into language teaching, using story boxes in the classroom, and learning to hypothesize through Sudoku game play.

2. Trace Effects Video Game

   Trace Effects is collaborative English language video game experience for students ages 12-16. Learn English and explore American culture through puzzles, games, and adventures in an interactive world.

3. AE Community

   The AE Community is made up of teaching professionals and students of all ages who are interested in the study of the English language and American culture. Learn about your peers and join the conversation.

4. Learner's Perspective: Access Impact: An Unimagined Dream Come True

   “This visit to America has been quite a learning experience for me, something I had never dreamt of,” said 15-year-old Jayanta Majhi of his participation in the U.S. Cultural Immersion program.

5. English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 3

   Format(s): Text

   Learn how to apply a Cultural Facilitation Model for cultural instruction. Discover a variety of ways to incorporate biographies in language teaching—and much more.

6. About Us

   American English is a resource center for teaching and learning about American English language and culture. This website provides a variety of engaging materials and resources for teachers' professional development and for students in the classroom.

7. English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 1

   Format(s): Text

   Hear and read about the blues! This issue's feature article on the history and culture of blues music has accompanying sound files. Other topics include teaching the present perfect progressive, ready-to-use methodology materials, tutorials, and reflective journals.

8. My Classroom: Seattle, Washington

   In: English Teaching Forum, Volume 60, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Learn how Irene Thanh Pham, who teaches in a dual language program at an elementary school in Seattle, helps her students learn both language (English and Vietnamese) and culture (primarily American and Vietnamese) while stressing identity awareness and educational equity.

9. Home

   A website for English language teachers around the world. Resources include English Teaching Forum, lesson plans, professional development material, and texts to help teach U.S. culture, conversational American English, and idioms. Downloadable e-books and audio books include classic American stories such as “To Build a Fire,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “Gift of the Magi,” and more.

10. Motivating Learners at South Korean Universities

    In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 3 Format(s): Text

    Using a problem-solution format, this article (originally published in 1997) discusses cultural and educational factors that affect language learners’ motivation and offers strategies to raise motivation.

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