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1. "Move and Say" to Build Foundational Reading Skills

   In: Teacher's Corner: Literacy Development for True Beginners Format(s): Text

   In the introduction for this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we defined phonemic awareness as a student’s ability to understand that words are made up of sounds.

2. Regrets and Wishes of the Rich, Famous, or Fictional

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

   In this activity, students will practice or review using conditionals to express wishes and regrets about the past. This conditional form used in this situation is often called the past unreal conditional or the third conditional.

3. Teaching Techniques: Running for Your Words!

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   In Swiss schools, English language textbooks for eight- to thirteen-year-old children contain many arts-and-crafts and science-experiment lessons.

4. Writing Check with the Academic Word List

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

   When English language learners in academic settings focus attention on wordlists, such as AWL (the Academic Word List), they have an opportunity to expand vocabulary. In this week’s activity, students will use the AWL to check and revise their own written work.

5. Week 2 - Annotated Read Aloud

   In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills Format(s): Text

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, learn how to incorporate critical thinking activities into an updated common classroom activity: reading aloud.

6. Week 3 - Preparing for the Future

   In: Teacher's Corner: Gerunds and Infinitives Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner helps students prepare for the future while practicing the use of infinitives.

7. Week 3 - Personal Profiles

   In: Creating a Positive Classroom Community Format(s): Text

   It's important to build a classroom community throughout the year. In this week's Teacher's Corner, learn about a daily activity that can foster community development in your classroom.

8. Week 1 - Responding to Job Interviews

   In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Business English and Entrepreneurship Format(s): Text

   In this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we present a series of activities that help students to develop their language skills in Business English. During week 1, students prepare for job interviews.

9. Gamified Learning: Two Activities that Foster Fun and Excitement into Any Classroom

   Format(s): Text

   Games are a great way for students to learn and practice language concepts and vocabulary. In this month’s Teacher’s Corner article, you’ll learn two basic games that do not require much in the way of materials and preparation. Moreover, they can be easily adapted for reviewing or reinforcing any number of language skills or elements! Read on to see how you can bring these games into your classroom.

10. Poems About Education

    In: Poetry Format(s): Text

    Read poems that students from around the world wrote about their schools, teachers, and education. Download student poems!

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