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1. The Making of a City

   In: English Teaching Forum 2004, Volume 42, Issue 2 Format(s): Text

   This article about urban planning is appropriate for advanced learners. The content discusses city planners, planned cities (e.g. Chicago), zoning laws, and high-rise residential districts. There are many images, a glossary, and a list of related websites. There are two short sections. One is about Columbia, Maryland, the subject of another article in this issue (“Maps and Legends”). Columbia was a completely planned, experimental community. The second section is about rebuilding Cabrini Green, a Chicago neighborhood well known for its poverty and crime.

2. Earthquake Legends and "Wordologies"

   In: English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This resource shares earthquake legends from around the world as well as related English idioms.

3. My Classroom: Serbia

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

   Learn how Bojana Nikić Vujić has made her mark as a teacher trainer, television personality, and textbook author—and as an English teacher at Ivo Andrić Elementary School in suburban Belgrade.

4. Publish, Don't Perish: Ten Tips

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   The purpose of this article is to provide an introduction to identifying the hidden rules and explicating the sometimes intimidating world of publishing.

5. Introduction

   In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Teaching English is a bit like teaching jazz, the editor muses. Both require excellent listening skills and timing. Both are usually done in front of other people, and both require one to improvise.

6. Try This: The Great Mini-Debate

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Debates remain popular in English language courses, and this activity gives students a low-stress opportunity to develop their speaking debating skills; seven debate themes, with suggested topics, are provided.

7. Good Instruction-Giving in the Second-Language Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Teachers often take instruction-giving for granted, although it is a useful skill for all teachers. The author provides criteria for successful instruction-giving habits and gives suggestions that English language teachers can use to improve their instruction-giving in the classroom.

8. My Classroom: Madagascar

   In: English Teaching Forum 2020, Volume 58, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Learn how teachers Niry Razafimamonjy and Josiana Andriantsalama, at the Lycee Jacques Rabemananjara beside the Indian Ocean in Taomasina, support their students’ learning and contribute to the field of English language teaching in Madagascar.

9. My Classroom: Lebanon

   In: English Teaching Forum, Volume 60, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Learn how Sara Kassab uses her passion for English and her talents as a teacher to serve refugee children in Baalbek, Lebanon, as she, her colleagues, and the families they serve deal with challenges related to the pandemic.

10. The Lighter Side: Two Activate Games Puzzles

    In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 1 Format(s): Text

    These two puzzles are based on new Activate games found in this issue of English Teaching Forum (Volume 62, Number 1), but the game boards are not necessary for solving the puzzles: (a) unscrambling a board-games conversation between two students and (b) using logic to find out which games four friends played. Can you solve both?

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