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1. Auctions to Reinforce Understanding

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This Teaching Technique describes a way to use an auction format to help students review content.

2. Over-Tourism

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

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner explores the world of travel and tourism. With travel becoming easier and cheaper all around the world, people who live in popular tourist locations have begun to ask if too much tourism can be a problem. In this week’s activity, students will debate the positives and negatives of tourism.

3. Strategies to Support Comprehension in Early Literacy

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

   Focusing on comprehension with beginner-level students can seem challenging. When students are just beginning to learn how to read, it can feel overwhelming to add comprehension activities.

4. Activity 4 - Peer Assessments

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

   This week in the Teacher’s Corner, we examine the value of peer assessments in the English language classroom and offer several ways for teachers to use peer assessments in the classroom regardless of content or skill.

5. English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 3

   Format(s): Text

   Find suggestions and encouragement for turning your teaching ideas into articles … discover ways to use nonnative speakers as role models for your students … try new dictogloss strategies to improve learners’ literacy … see how to run a MOOC camp … use student-generated videos productively … and explore creative ways to use emojis for speaking practice!

6. Art & Culture Lesson Plans

   Format(s): Website

   Check out EDSITEment! from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It is a filled with resources for teaching the humanities, from Benjamin Franklin to Zora Neale Hurston.

7. Teacher's Corner: Phrasal Verbs

   Format(s): Text

   This month in the Teacher’s Corner, we will explore phrasal verbs in specific contexts. Each week, we will present a new activity for students to practice phrasal verbs through inductive learning. This week, try our Phrasal Verb Game in your classroom!

8. Generating Ideas for a Service Learning Project

   In: Teacher's Corner: Service Learning in the Language Classroom Format(s): Text

   Every community has its own set of successes and challenges. Where you live, the needs of your local community, and the interests of your students will determine the focus of your service-learning project.

9. “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!

10. Oh What Fun! Learning English with O'Henry

    In: American English Webinars Format(s): Website

    In this webinar, explore ways to help students learn language, culture through a collection of O. Henry’s most famous short stories.

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