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1. Making Connections: Language Activities for Creating Interpersonal Tolerance in the Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Using communicative activities with learners from diverse cultures can create excitement and empathy while promoting the acquisition of English. This article offers ESL/EFL activities that foster interpersonal tolerance among students who have experienced intergroup conflict. The activities are based on the idea that there are four levels of cultural awareness: self, family, community, and region/world.

2. Improving Cohesion in L2 Writing: A Three-Strand Approach to Building Lexical Cohesion

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This article presents a three-strand approach to help L2 writers in EFL and English as a second language (ESL) instructional contexts achieve greater cohesion in their written work.

3. Abstracts from Other Journals

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

   In “EAP Issues and Directions,” Ken Hyland and Liz Hamp-Lyons consider elements EAP researchers and teachers face. The challenges and academic needs of EAP, for both students and teachers, are addressed, along with solutions to those challenges. Teaching writing within the legal profession when the student is also an ESL/EFL student is the main topic of “Developing Legal Writing Materials for English Second Language Learners: Problems and Perspectives” by C. N. Candlin, V. K. Bhatia, and C. H. Jensen. The article includes an analysis of textbooks and suggested customized resources.

4. 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.

5. Everyday Conversations: Learning American English

   Format(s): Text

   This resource can be used by teachers and learners. Students can listen to and/or read dialogues in English.

6. Internet TESL Journal (iTESL-j)

   Format(s): Website

   This website is an online resource for teachers who can refer to our published articles on teaching techniques and other things of interest to EFL and ESL teachers. Articles and lesson ideas are indexed and searchable.

7. I Raise My Voice: Promoting Self-Authoring through a Curriculum-Based Project

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   In this article, the author describes a study on the use of a self-designed ESL online curriculum to cultivate self-authoring.

8. Opportunities to Engage Professionally Outside of the Classroom

   In: Teacher's Corner: Professional Development for Teacher Trainers Format(s): Text

   Language teaching professionals have many opportunities for professional development that are outside of the classroom and school.

9. Teacher Resources

   In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This section offers brief reviews of two commercial publications. The first is Academic Success for English Language Learners: Strategies for K-12 Mainstream Teachers, a collection of suggestions appropriate for ESL, EFL and mainstream teachers edited by Patricia A. Richard-Amato and Marguerite Ann Snow. The other publication is Making It Happen: From Interactive to Participatory Language Teaching, a book by Patricia A. Richard-Amato with practical ideas for getting students to participate more in the classroom.

10. News and Notes

    In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 3 Format(s): Text

    “News and Notes” consists of an introduction to an Internet-based newsletter called “ESL Mini-Conference Online” and a conference announcement organized by WorldCALL in 2003.

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