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1. “What would happen if…?” Chain Stories

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

   Students use oral or written conditionals to develop a series of related “cause and effect” events. The chain of events will create a short, often funny, story!

2. How Many Words is a Picture Worth?

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

   The phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” indicates that a complex idea can be communicated by a single image.

3. Week 4: Scaffolding Part Two: Supporting Language Production

   In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Beginners Format(s): Text

   Sometimes the only opportunity our students have to use the language they are learning is when they are in the language classroom.

4. Research to Practice: A Discussion Group for Language Teachers

   In: Teacher's Corner: Professional Development for Teacher Trainers Format(s): Text

   In this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we present ways to support the professional development of English language teachers.

5. Fostering Student Motivation: Goal-Setting and Student Interest Questionnaires

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

   This week’s teaching tip illustrates how to use a beginning-of-course questionnaire activity to encourage students to think about motivation-related questions.

6. Fully Online Courses

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

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner highlights a few options we can use to work with students in the online learning space. We will discuss options for MOOCs (massive open online courses) and for building your own online courses.

7. Blended Learning

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

   This week, we discuss blended learning. We provide a list of tools teachers can use as well as practical suggestions for how to use them to create a blended learning classroom.

8. Flipped Classrooms

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

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we will examine a form of blended learning known as the flipped classroom model and look at the tools needed to help build a flipped classroom.

9. Trend 3 - Digital Game Based Learning (DGBL)

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

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we will explore ways we can take advantage of video games for the language classroom even when we do not play video games ourselves.

10. Using Authentic Materials to Develop Vocabulary

    In: Teacher's Corner – Teaching with Authentic Materials Format(s): Text

    This week will present ideas about how to use authentic materials to develop students’ English vocabulary through exposure to and interaction with new words.

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