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1. Information Gaps: Drawing Dictation

   In: Teacher's Corner: Speaking - Information Gap Activities Format(s): Text

   Information gaps are great activities for increasing student talk time and motivation. The June Teacher’s Corner examines the many forms information gaps can take. Each week will showcase another practical and fun classroom activity that uses a different information gap variation.

2. Teacher's Corner: Classroom Management

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   This month in the Teacher’s Corner, we will take a closer look at classroom management topics related to establishing class routines, grouping students, and creating positive rapport with students.

3. Week 3 - Strategy Three: Progress Checks

   In: Teacher's Corner: Promoting Learner Engagement Format(s): Text

   Looking for motivation strategies to add to lessons? This week, we’ll discover how using progress checks during class time can keep students’ attention while they monitor their own progress.

4. Activity 3 - Self-Assessment

   In: Teacher's Corner: Making Meaningful Assessments Format(s): Text

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we will look at the role that students play in assessment through assessment creation and self-reflection.

5. My Classroom: Peru

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This article was written by Deanna Paglia, an English and Spanish second language teacher and teacher trainer who is currently the English Language Fellow hosted by Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano in Arequipa, Peru.

6. Using Music, Chants, and Movement

   In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Young Learners Format(s): Text

   This Teacher’s Corner discusses how to use music, chants, and movement to create a lively, engaging classroom that appeals to multiple learning styles.

7. Fostering Student Motivation: Reflecting on Teacher Experiences and Building Awareness of Motivation-Related Factors

   In: Teacher's Corner: Fostering Student Motivation Format(s): Text

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner will examine ways teachers can positively impact student motivation. Begin with this reflection activity about language learning.

8. Teacher's Corner: Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities

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   English Language teachers interact with learners from a wide range of backgrounds and abilities.

9. My Classroom: Indonesia

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

   Alief Noor Farida is a junior lecturer at Indonesia’s Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES). Now teaching her fourth semester and an alumna of the English Education program at UNNES, Ms. Farida is an especially motivated and dedicated educator. She teaches 18 hours per week, specializing in grammar and writing-skills courses. The Intensive Course she teaches, focusing on reading, writing, speaking, and grammar skills, serves as a foundation for incoming English Department students.

10. Teacher's Corner: New Year, New Focus on Student-Centered Learning

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    You may have encountered the idea of “student-centered classrooms” and may even be interested in making your classroom more student-centered. In the first Teacher’s Corner for the new year, we learn about what makes a classroom “student-centered” and then look at six different ways to integrate student-centered learning into the English language classroom.

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