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1. Activate Games for Learning American English: Board Games

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   Activate Games for Learning American English is a collection of games for the language classroom. The board games offer interactive English language practice in a learner-centered, low-stress environment.

2. English Teaching Forum 2020, Volume 58, Number 1

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   Find strategies for developing Medical English and other ESP courses … ideas for maintaining a communicative classroom … tips for getting young learners to stick to English … and much more.

3. Rock and Roll English Teaching: Content-Based Cultural Workshops

   In: English Teaching Forum 2011, Volume 49, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This article considers content-based cultural workshops. With a focus on cultural content and a relaxed, engaging atmosphere, students practice language and cooperative learning strategies. The author describes the process of developing such a workshop as an extracurricular activity for a large, mixed audience. The article details an example interactive workshop on rock and roll and includes an appendix of useful websites related to the topic.

4. Sing Out Loud Word Play: Music Resources for English Language Teachers

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This session, "Sing Out Loud! Wordplay: Music Resources for English Language Teachers," shares a new resource you can find on the American English website—diverse, music-based instructional materials that include free, downloadable audio tracks, videos, and classroom-ready activities. These low-prep activities are student-centered and fun for both teachers and learners!

5. Practical Applications for Critical Thinking in English Language Teaching and Learning

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This session offers an easy way to determine how much Critical Thinking (CT) is already part of existing your materials and practical ways to weave more CT into them on a regular basis.

6. American English Live - How Routines Support Effective Classroom Management and Teacher Planning

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This session, "Got Consistency? How Routines Support Effective Classroom Management and Teacher Planning," explores simple techniques to implement everyday routines that maximize student agency, learning, and participation while also increasing overall teaching efficacy.

7. Activate: Games for Learning American English - Word Bricks

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   Word Bricks help students identify word patterns in sentences. This overview will teach you sentence structure and patterns and help you to master all of the Word Bricks games!

8. Activate Games for Learning American English: Picture This

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   Picture This cards are a set of cards that can be used for a variety of conversation and word games in English classes.

9. Why English? Comics for the Classroom

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   This resource can be used by teachers and learners. It includes notes for teachers and activities to use in the classroom at the end of each story.

10. Activate Games for Learning English - Guess What?

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    Guess What? cards can be used for a variety of games in the classroom to provide an opportunity for students to practice making descriptions in English and to learn English vocabulary.

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