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1. The Dialogue Journal: A Tool for Building Better Writers

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

   Using dialogue journals gives English language learners valuable writing practice. This article explores topics such as audience, fluency, teacher-student relationships, empowerment, and making the connection to academic writing. And the author gives practical advice on how teachers can institute dialogue journals in their classrooms and how best to respond to students’ journals.

2. The Happiness Game: A Board Game for Almost Any Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Daniel Clausen created The Happiness Game in part because he believes that “teaching should be a happy profession and that students should come out of the classroom with a smile.” The article includes a game board and sample game cards—although teachers and students are encouraged to create more of their own. The game is adaptable for multiple learning levels and is designed to give students practice in English … and, of course, to make them happy.

3. My Classroom: North Carolina, USA

   In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Learn how Youa Thao teaches English and does much, much more at a school in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg district. The article explains how the school district’s support system works and describes Ms. Thao’s approach, classroom environment, and teaching life.

4. Listening to Diverse English Voices through Podcasts

   In: English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Authors Tabitha Kidwell and Hanung Triyoko explain how they introduced their students to diverse English voices from around the world by making use of freely available podcasts. The article includes descriptions of pre-listening, while-listening, and post-listening activities, a detailed sample lesson, and suggestions for free apps and podcasts from global contexts.

5. Vocabulary Practice Games

   In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This article discusses the use of games in teaching vocabulary in language classrooms and describes how games can be an enjoyable part of this process. It offers nine games that can be used to teach words at different stages of the class.

6. Thousand-Word Pictures 

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This step-by-step guide shows how teachers can use pictures to help students develop language skills and cultural awareness. 

7. Educative Curriculum Materials: A Promising Option for Independent Professional Development

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This article carefully describes a professional-development option and shows teachers how they can apply it in their own contexts.

8. Classroom Contract

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Most teachers have rules for students; this article provides a step-by-step guide for involving students in the process of making (and following) rules that are fair and effective.

9. Task-Based Reading Activities Using Authentic Materials and Skills

   In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   The author describes in detail a two-stage reading activity that incorporates authentic materials, task-based learning, and stations. The article includes ideas for adaptation and presents a number of further teaching applications.

10. Using an Asynchronous Video App to Stimulate Spontaneous Oral Interaction

    In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 2 Format(s): Text

    The author explains how to use an asynchronous video app, then describes two specific tasks—one collaborative, the other dialogic—that teachers and students can carry out with the app.

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