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1. TEACHING TECHNIQUES: Pair Counting to Improve Grammar and Spoken Fluency

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   In this Teaching Technique, learn how to help students improve their spoken grammar through pair counting.

2. MY CLASSROOM Ukraine

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Learn how teacher Olga Afanasieva works through challenges to create opportunities for student success in this edition of My Classroom.

3. THE LIGHTER SIDE What’s the Connection?

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Unscramble the letters to form words that fit the Clues in this Lighter Side puzzle!

4. Auctions to Reinforce Understanding

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This Teaching Technique describes a way to use an auction format to help students review content.

5. My Classroom: Paraguay

   In: English Teaching Forum 2020, Volume 58, Number 3 Format(s): Text, Video

   Learn how Graciela Chera balances academic rigor with fun team spirit as she teaches students of all ages in the capital city, Ascunción.

6. From Page to Stage: Lord of the Flies

   In: English Teaching Forum 2002 (Volume 40, Number 1) Format(s): Text

   This article shares the importance of promoting drama activities within classrooms in a way that will develop language. The authors share a project they implemented in a tenth grade English classroom with the novel “Lord of the Flies.” They present the details of their preparation strategies as well as a step-by-step process. The article discusses how successful the project turned out to be as well as how drama can enhance English classrooms.

7. Testing Writing in the EFL Classroom: Student Expectations

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

   This article reports on the inconsistency between the expected and actual grades of learners of English as foreign language in freshman English writing classes. It discusses the differences between students’ and instructors’ perceptions of acceptable essay writing. It suggests that teachers develop valid and reliable testing procedures and help students to increase their awareness and understanding of the proficiency levels required to write essays.

8. Literacy Memoirs

   In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article discusses the use of literacy memoirs to help students become motivated to write. This can give students the chance for reflection on their literacy skills while also improving their writing in English. The author explains how a literacy memoir workshop can work in a process writing classroom, giving a sample schedule and examples of student memoirs.

9. Helping Metaphors Take Root in the EFL Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article explores why metaphors challenge learners and presents ways to incorporate metaphors into EFL instruction to help learners understand figurative speech.

10. Making Connections: Language Activities for Creating Interpersonal Tolerance in the Classroom

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

    Using communicative activities with learners from diverse cultures can create excitement and empathy while promoting the acquisition of English. This article offers ESL/EFL activities that foster interpersonal tolerance among students who have experienced intergroup conflict. The activities are based on the idea that there are four levels of cultural awareness: self, family, community, and region/world.

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