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1. Webinar 2.3: Tips and Tools to Strengthen Participation and Engagement in Online Learning Contexts

   Format(s): Text, Video

   This webinar, Tips And Tools To Strengthen Participation and Engagement In Online Learning Contexts, begins with a general overview of different course delivery formats including MOOCs, blended or hybrid courses, and courses run fully online.

2. Integrating Authentic Materials and Language Skills in English for Science and Technology Instruction

   In: English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This article describes how a unit in an English for Science and Technology (EST) course integrated three learning materials: a research article from a scientific journal, an article from a magazine that reports on the scientific journal article, and an instructional video with its script. Instruction was focused on both content and rhetorical functions. The author shows how the language skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening were used for each of the three materials.

3. Web 2.0 Tools: Using Free and Open Educational Resources to Impact Learning Locally and Globally

   Format(s): Text, Video

   This webinar, “Web 2.0 Tools: Using Free and Open Educational Resources to Impact Learning Locally and Globally,” explores some of the most useful online resources for educators with a focus on open education resources (OER).

4. Random or Intentional? Putting Learners in Groups that Work

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This session, “Random or Intentional? Putting Learners in Groups that Work,” helps participants reflect on and share the different types of EFL group work activities they use as well as the methods they use to create small groups. The session will also explore three grouping strategy categories and will review several fun, creative techniques for establishing effective groups.

5. Speaking and Listening Online

   In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article gives an overview of online technology for developing students’ listening and speaking skills. The author explores websites for both receptive and interactive communication and discusses the benefits and limitations of the technology as well as possible classroom activities. The article argues that the quality of the programs supports their use in the second language classroom.

6. L1 and L2 Writing Differences: From Understanding to Practice

   In: English Teaching Forum 2020, Volume 58, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article presents L1 and L2 writing differences in three categories (word-level, sentence-level, and global-level) and provides tips and activities designed to transfer that information into practice.

7. Designing and Leading Professional Development for Teachers

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This session, "Designing and Leading Professional Development for Teachers," explores five core principles for planning teacher professional development based on transformative adult learning theory.

8. Effective Grammar Teaching: Balancing Input and Output

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This session, "Effective Grammar Teaching: Balancing Input and Output," aims to help you enrich classroom time by examining how to incorporate the practice of real language into grammar lessons.

9. Science and Technology

   Format(s): Text, Website

   Special English news stories about science for English language learners. Text and audio, Voice of America.

10. Connecting Reading and Writing in Grammar Teaching: A Functional Approach

    In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

    This webinar, "Connecting Reading and Writing in Grammar Teaching: A Functional Approach," explores teaching grammar from a meaning-based perspective.

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