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1. Learn it! Share it! Using a Variety of Tools for Sharing Best Practices and Materials across Continents

   Format(s): Text, Video

   This webinar explores implications of information sharing on teacher professional development and educational sustainability measures.

2. Lesson Observation: The Key to Teacher Development

   In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   The author describes teacher training and teacher development as separate concepts through descriptions of how observation occurs in Cameroon. While training is a planned event that gives novices ready-made answers, development is an ongoing, organic process that values teacher innovation and reflection. Observers interested in development may use of a lesson observation cycle that includes pre-observation and post-observation meetings. The role of inspectors and peers in observation is also discussed.

3. Around Town

   In: Everyday Conversations: Learning American English Format(s): MP3

   Around Town

4. Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

   Format(s): Website

   For kindergarten through high school curriculum. From the U.S. Government Printing Office.

5. Week 3 - Celebrity Interview

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

   Looking for a fun way to teach reported speech? In this activity, students take part in a role play and then use reported speech to write a story about a celebrity interview.

6. Teaching Effectively with Limited Materials

   In: Teacher's Corner: Common Challenges in the English Classroom Format(s): Text

   Many teachers have limited resources in their classrooms. In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we will show you how to plan engaging activities with limited teaching materials.

7. Maintaining Your Virtual Personal Learning Network

   In: Teacher's Corner: Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner addresses a few common concerns related to maintaining a large personal learning network.

8. 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.

9. English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 1

   Format(s): Text

   This issue offers advice for accommodating students with learning disabilities, helping learners visualize texts, and using movie dubbing to aid students’ pronunciation, along with tips for understanding fast speech, creating interesting multiple-choice questions, teaching narrative elements … and much more.

10. Module 2: Building Language Awareness

    In: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Successful Practices Around the World Format(s): Text, Video

    This Module of the Shaping the Way we Teach English Series contains a lesson plan and accompanying video that is focused on the details of the language within the context of language input.

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