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1. Planning a Trip

   In: Teacher's Corner: Travel and Tourism Format(s): Text

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner explores travel and tourism. This week’s activity asks students to think about their own cities or countries by designing a six-day trip for a visiting tourist.

2. Teaching Techniques: Speed Drawing for Vocabulary Retention

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This exciting drawing activity helps students remember vocabulary. The students were 12 to 14 years old and had a limited vocabulary. Speed drawing is a fun and successful way to help them practice asking questions and using targeted vocabulary.

3. Involving Students in Classroom Routines and Processes

   In: Teacher's Corner: Classroom Management Format(s): Text

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, you are encouraged to think about what you do to involve students using the suggestions in the

4. Picture Comparisons

   In: Teacher's Corner: Comparatives and Superlatives - Adjectives Format(s): Text

   This week's Teacher's Corner activity features the use of pictures to encourage speaking and writing practice while using comparative adjectives.

5. Formative Assessments: Part 1

   In: Teacher's Corner: Collecting and Using Data Format(s): Text

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner will examine ways to ensure your students have learned the target content. In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we look at formative assessments to use in your classroom.

6. Theory and Research

   In: Teacher's Corner: Online Learning Format(s): Text

   To start this month’s Teacher’s Corner we will investigate the opportunities and pitfalls of online learning.

7. Prepositions of Movement

   In: Teacher's Corner: Prepositions Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner includes a fun treasure hunt activity during which students practice prepositions of movement.

8. Using a Proofreading Checklist

   In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Academic Writing Format(s): Text

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we share a simple activity that students lead and conduct in the final days before submitting an essay. The activity is aimed at helping students recognize errors before they submit their writing.

9. Week 2 - Let's Have a Party

   In: Teacher's Corner: Phrasal Verbs Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner provides students the opportunity to practice using phrasal verbs related to life experiences and planning a party.

10. Week 4 - What's the Scoop?

    In: Teacher's Corner: Journalism Format(s): Text

    Have fun with radio broadcasts in your classroom. In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students practice speaking, writing, and reading skills by putting together news radio broadcasts.

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