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1. Using English Teaching Forum in Teacher Development

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

   This collection of three small articles on how English Teaching Forum has been used in teacher training was created for this issue's anthology. Writers describe training sessions in Poland, Peru, Congo, and Togo. Teachers and teacher trainers all around the world have found innovative ways to take advantage of the availability, accessibility, and immediate applicability of Forum articles.

2. A Process Genre Model for Teaching Writing

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

   This article considers three different approaches to the teaching of writing: the product approach, the process approach, and the genre approach. After explaining the different approaches, the author uses recent research to suggest a combination of the genre/process approaches in the composition classroom. A lesson plan is provided.

3. Integrating Reading and Writing for Effective Language Teaching

   In: English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article discusses an integrated reading and writing course for first-year college EFL. The author of the article developed this course to address student difficulty in balancing multiple issues in writing. The course aimed to teach writing as a process. The author shares key components of the course such as reading and writing requirements and in-class activities.

4. A Judicious Lesson: A Whole-learning Reading Activity

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

   This article discusses the use of whole-reading activities in a university level reading and speaking course. The author used a magazine article about a murder and a trial to develop a four-week unit in which students investigated ideas about crime, punishment, rhetorical strategies, idiomatic language, and the United States' judicial system. Through the use of this unit, the author advocates for readings and activities that challenge students to move beyond comprehension of a text.

5. Statistics and Research Design: Essential Concepts for Working Teachers

   In: English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article presents key concepts for teachers seeking to understand statistical reasoning and research design. First the author establishes that one must understand what is being defined and how. The author then defines useful terms such as variable and average and illustrates them with real-world examples. The article concludes by presenting simple tips for understanding and using statistics appropriately, relating both to classroom teaching and research design using quantitative data.

6. The Joy of Watching Others Learn: An Interview with Diane Larsen-Freeman

   In: English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This interview shares insights from Diane Larsen-Freeman, who has written numerous books and articles on language teaching methodology, second language acquisition, English grammar, and teacher education. It touches on topics including Larsen-Freeman's beginning in EFL, advice for new teachers, Larsen-Freeman's teaching methodology books, and her views on the state of English language teaching and its future.

7. Information Gap in Communicative Classrooms

   In: English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   The author argues that exchanges in the classroom must go beyond display questions and should be based on the information gap that occurs when one speaker does not know in advance what the other is going to say. The author provides examples of information gap activities to promote a communicative classroom. Activity types include practical situations, guessing games, role plays, opinion gap activities, and reasoning gap activities. The author argues that these activities have real communicative value.

8. Share My Lesson

   Format(s): Website

   Developed by teachers for teachers, this free platform gives access to high-quality teaching resources and provides an online community where teachers can collaborate with, encourage and inspire each other.

9. Developing Teacher Leadership Skills

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

   This session, "Developing Teacher Leadership Skills: Instructional Coaching Techniques for English as a Foreign Language Educators," describes how a school can build capacity for serving English learners.

10. Needs Assessment for Course or Curriculum Design

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

    In this webinar, we will first examine the needs assessment process by reviewing several methods, techniques, and options for gathering data about student needs.

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