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1. I Raise My Voice: Promoting Self-Authoring through a Curriculum-Based Project

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   In this article, the author describes a study on the use of a self-designed ESL online curriculum to cultivate self-authoring.

2. Teaching Writing Students How to Become Competent Peer Reviewers

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Many teachers use peer-review techniques; as the title suggests, this article presents ideas for helping your students engage in peer review more effectively.

3. Talking about Words: A Vocabulary-Description Game

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This step-by-step guide shows how to help students use techniques for circumlocution to communicate ideas even when they don’t know or can’t recall some vocabulary items.

4. My Classroom: Uzbekistan

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Learn how teacher Mamura Alimova, through her involvement in countless projects, has established herself as an important contributor to the field of English teaching in Uzbekistan.

5. Promoting Solidarity in Short Interactions

   In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text, Video, Website

   This lesson in Teaching Pragmatics aims to raise awareness of and give practice in using strategies of relexicalisation for descriptive accounts and for promoting solidarity in short interactions. A sub-goal is to provide students with interesting and natural vehicles for vocabulary development, recycling and revision.

6. Activity: Environmental Conservation Jazz Chants

   Chants provide an excellent opportunity for campers or students to move around. Counselors or teachers can demonstrate clapping, foot stamping, finger snapping, or other movements that go with chanted words’ rhythmic patterns. Using movement with chants is fun and provides exercise, which can allow for better retention and learning.

7. Jasmine

   In: American Teens Talk! Format(s): MP3, Text

   Jasmine talks about her dance class in school and what she does in her free time.

8. Winter Scenes

   In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   ʺWinter Scenesʺ is a series of photos with captions. The pictures can be used as writing or discussion prompts.

9. Christmas

   In: Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A. Format(s): Text

   Christmas is a joyful holiday of Christian origin that is recognized by many people in the United States.

10. Hello, I must be going!

    In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text, Video, Website

    This lesson aims for students to become more fluent in using and understanding basic greetings and leave-takings in brief "small talk" encounters.

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