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1. English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 3

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   Baseball is the focus of this issue. "Baseball: A National Tradition" offers an in-depth look at this popular American sport, while the Lesson Plan provides activities to interest students in baseball. Other articles in this issue discuss teaching critical thinking to prepare EFL students for university success, setting up oral homework, using mobile phones in the language classroom, and an innovative way to use literature to teach advanced EFL students.

2. English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 4

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   This issue features American football. The Athletes, Actions, and Adjectives lesson plan introduces basic ideas about U.S. football team names. Following up, The Lighter Side provides puzzles related to football. Other articles discuss using 'I-can' statements to promote confidence in writing, writing professional articles, macrostrategies for L2 teacher observation and feedback, and low-cost teaching tools.

3. English Teaching Forum 2004, Volume 42, Issue 3

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   This issue rounds up articles with a number of teaching ideas. Features include the uniquely American sport of rodeo and an integrated skills lesson plan for "Just off Main Street" by Elmaz Abinader. Other articles explore the areas of critical thinking, writing for extensive reading, developing pragmatic competence, teacher assessment, and keeping discipline in the classroom.

4. English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 2

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   Learn how to plan and conduct workshops with the Community of Inquiry framework ... guide your students to create innovative podcasts ... see how scavenger hunts provide fun ways to use English ... give learners opportunities to fill gaps in stories they read ... read about a place-based language-learning project in Bolivia ... make decisions about a college budget ... and much more.

5. English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 2

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   Find suggestions and resources for planning and conducting a successful English Camp … using pop songs productively, for language practice and much more … turning Forum’s “The Lighter Side” puzzles into versatile teaching tools … giving students question-and-answer practice with light-hearted job interviews that provide serious benefits … and producing customized vocabulary wheels for fun, interactive language practice.

6. English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 4

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   Find strategies for using nonprofit commercials as the basis for topic-based and project-based learning … assessing learners’ productive vocabulary knowledge … helping pre-service teachers observe classes more effectively… practicing tense and aspect in a creative, collaborative activity … conducting “small talks” as warm-up and review … and much more.

7. English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 4

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   Chicago is the focus of the feature article and the basis of a lesson plan that provides practice in writing and reading postcards. This issue also includes articles on enhancing learning with mobile phone technology, VoIM-mediated cooperative tasks, and corpus-aided discovery. Additional articles discuss critical media literacy and ideas for incorporating an intercultural approach into EFL teaching.

8. English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 2

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   This issue focuses on Seattle, the second city on our tour this year. Complementing the feature article is a lesson plan on “Seeing Seattle.” Additional articles in this issue discuss interdisciplinary collaboration, two approaches to student-produced videos, student documentaries as language learning tools, using teacher-developed corpora in the CBI classroom, and building vocabulary and improving writing while developing a tourist brochure.

9. English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 4

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   A feature article called “Newspapers in America” headlines this issue. That article is complemented by a lesson plan on “Using Journalism Skills in the Language Classroom.” Also included in this issue are articles on creating positive attitudes toward EFL, constructivism, teacher research, translation and foreign language reading comprehension, and a classroom activity using Romeo and Juliet.

10. English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 1

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    The feature article in this issue focuses on the history and significance of U.S. coins. A poetry activity complements this feature. Additional articles discuss integrating skills with critical thinking, the exploration of movie content, the use of the reflective observation model for in-service teacher trainees, and classroom response projects on HIV/AIDS with an example from Zambia.

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