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  1. Student-Produced Video: Two Approaches

    In: English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    This article introduces the idea of using video production to engage second language learners in learner-centered, project-based learning activities to motivate them to learn and participate through writing, directing, acting in, and editing a movie. The authors describe two projects. In the first project, four pairs of students each created a three-minute film. In the second project, all eight students worked together to create one long movie. The advantages and disadvantages of both approaches were discussed.
  2. Student Documentaries: A Language Learning Tool

    In: English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    This article describes the reasons for project-based learning and how it better motivates students in an EFL classroom. It illustrates this topic by presenting a documentary film project that was carried out in a high-intermediate EFL class in Saudi Arabia. The article summarizes the theoretical support for communicative language learning and project-based approaches. The author then describes the documentary film project in detail and presents an evaluation of the project based on Simkins et al.’s (2002) framework of evaluation for multimedia projects.
  3. Developing Dynamic Units for EFL

    In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    “Developing Dynamic Units for EFL” describes how to develop a thematic unit that integrates skills in context, provides opportunities for learner autonomy, and is project-based and experiential. Planning includes identifying curriculum standards, thinking of a meaningful topic, brainstorming tasks, organizing the activities, and making use of learner choice. The sample unit “Eating Out with Friends” includes the topics of inviting friends; choosing a restaurant and making a reservation; finding and communicating directions; ordering and requesting the bill; and thanking friends and retelling the story.
  4. Creating Meaningful Web Pages: A Project-Based Course

    In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 3 Format(s): Text
    This article describes a nine-week course in Web design that can guide students in the production of an electronic project. It discusses the importance of project-based courses in language teaching since they offer learners an opportunity to be creative, control their own learning, and produce something tangible. The article addresses the benefits and difficulties of teaching such a course.
  5. Using Web Resources in a Public Speaking Class

    In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    This article describes ways to teach public speaking students how to efficiently locate information on the Internet, how to quickly evaluate and analyze those resources, and how best to navigate the Web. The author’s lesson leads the students through a Web-based scavenger hunt, included in the article, and has information about how to evaluate sites. The author expands on these lessons to show the students how the Internet can help prepare and deliver a speech.
  6. The Flipped Classroom: Preparing Students for In-Class Learning with Online Activities

    In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video
    This webinar explores ways to enhance student learning through online activities, specifically by modeling one of the latest trends in education today: The Flipped Classroom.
  7. Making Reading Fun: Engaging Pre-Reading Activities for ELLs

    In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video
    This session, “Promoting Reading Fluency with the ACTIVE Framework,” explores the six elements of the ACTIVE reading framework, designed to systematically enhance reading skills in the EFL classroom. We’ll demonstrate practical, adaptable activities for each framework component!
  8. Superpowering Your Lecture: Activities to Engage Learners and Gather Feedback

    In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video
    This session, “Superpowering Your Lecture: Activities to Engage Learners and Gather Feedback,” explores several interactive, ready-to-use activities designed to motivate learners enrolled in lecture-style classes; these approaches also enable the instructor to gather crucial information about their students’ progress and understanding of the material.
  9. Increasing Student Talk Time in the Online Classroom

    In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video
    This session, "Increasing Student Talk Time in the Online Classroom," discussed benefits of increasing student oral language use in virtual environments, and explored routines, activities, and tools that gave students a voice in their online classrooms.
  10. Motivating with Gamification: Benefits and Cautions

    In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video
    This session, "Motivating with Gamification: Benefits and Cautions,” examines gamification in face-to-face and online classes and explores ways to include gamification elements in ELT instruction.

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