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1. Picture This

   In: Activate: Games for Learning American English Format(s): Text

   Activate: Games for Learning American English is a collection of games for the language classroom. The games in Activate offer interactive English language practice in a learner-centered, low-stress environment. Picture This cards are a set of cards that can be used for a variety of conversation and word games in English classes.

2. More Articles: Using Comics in the Classroom

   In: Why English? Comics for the Classroom Format(s): Text

   One of these two English Teaching Forum articles is about how to make teaching materials more interactive and learner-focused. The second article is a detailed classroom activity about creating comics.

3. Home

   A website for English language teachers around the world. Resources include English Teaching Forum, lesson plans, professional development material, and texts to help teach U.S. culture, conversational American English, and idioms. Downloadable e-books and audio books include classic American stories such as “To Build a Fire,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “Gift of the Magi,” and more.

4. Abstracts from Other Journals

   In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   "Abstracts from Other Journals” discusses three articles from other journals on different issues related to second or foreign language teaching. The first is on “A Defence of Simplification” by I. S. P. Nation and Jean Paul Deweerdt, from Prospect. The second is “Building Community and Posting Projects: Creating ‘Student Pages’ in Web-Based and Web-Enhanced Courses” by Laura G. McGee, from Foreign Language Annals. The third is “Realism and Imagination in the Teaching of English”by Anthea Fraser Gupta, from World Englishes.

5. Panels and Perspectives

   In: Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels Format(s): Text

   Combining the written word with even the simplest doodles can be a powerful means for students to demonstrate their understanding.

6. Trend 1 - 21st Century Skills

   In: Teacher's Corner: Education Trends and Issues in the World Today Format(s): Text

   In this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we will explore four educational approaches that are working toward a more complete use of Bloom’s Taxonomy in the classroom. These approaches are designed to provide students more opportunities to apply, analyze, evaluate, and create in the classroom.

7. Abstracts from Other Journals

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

   Two abstracts are presented from other journals, “Transcending the Nativeness Paradigm” from World Englishes and “Enriching Reality: Language Corpora in Language Pedagogy” from ELT Journal. In the first, the authors argue that the binary classification of native or non-native speakers is based on socially constructed identity. They use four case studies based on four participants to validate their point. The authors of the second abstract argue that using corpora has been overlooked by L2 learners, and provide suggestions on how to incorporate this within a classroom.

8. Teacher Resources

   In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This section offers brief reviews of two commercial publications. The first is Academic Success for English Language Learners: Strategies for K-12 Mainstream Teachers, a collection of suggestions appropriate for ESL, EFL and mainstream teachers edited by Patricia A. Richard-Amato and Marguerite Ann Snow. The other publication is Making It Happen: From Interactive to Participatory Language Teaching, a book by Patricia A. Richard-Amato with practical ideas for getting students to participate more in the classroom.

9. Week 3 - Making Requests with Modals

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

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students learn the various ways to make requests using modals.

10. The Lighter Side of TEFL, Volume 1

    Format(s): Text

    A collection of activities taken from "The Lighter Side," a recurring feature section in English Teaching Forum that first appeared in 1976.

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