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1. Listen Actively! You can Keep that Conversation Going!

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

   This lesson aims to help students learn to respond appropriately to maintain a conversation.

2. How Are You, Auntie Elizabeth?

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

   This lesson aims for students to discuss pragmatic differences between their mother tongues and English, with special attention to openings and closings.

3. Softening Short Requests

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

   This lesson aims to introduce students to a range of different ways in which native speakers soften their requests and to develop their awareness of how these are used by different speakers and in different situations within the speech community.

4. Simple Down

   In: American Rhythms Format(s): MP3

   In Simple Down, California-based artist Lael Neale uses guitars and the banjo to sing about living a simpler life.

5. Making Contrasts in English

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

   This lesson aims to help students learn how to make contrasts using intonation.

6. Peace Corps Teaching and Learning Resources

   In: Peace Corps Teacher Training Resources Format(s): Website

   Peace Corps provides many resources to help teachers develop courses on a variety of teaching and learning topics such as water, health, the environment, and other community issues.

7. Talking on a Second Channel Using Parentheticals in English Discourse

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

   This lesson in Teaching Pragmatics aims to help students learn to pronounce a range of parentheticals appropriately.

8. The Lighter Side

   In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   “Coin Toss” provides clues and asks learners to unscramble words to find the answers.

9. El Paso

   In: American Rhythms Format(s): MP3, Text

   In the song El Paso, folk/indie singer, songwriter and internet sensation Danielle “Ate the Sandwich” Anderson thinks back on the experiences she had in El Paso. Listen online or download the MP3.

10. Livening Up College English Classes with Games

    In: English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 3 Format(s): Text

    This article discusses the use of games in teaching college-level English as a second language (ESL) classes. It describes how teachers can use games such as Taboo to change the direction of teaching from being teacher-centered to student-centered. The article addresses problems such as classroom management and the time spent adapting or creating games and presents useful tips for teachers to consider related to the use of games as a teaching tool.

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