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1. The Lighter Side of TEFL, Volume 2

   Format(s): Text

   The Lighter Side of TEFL, Volume 2, is a teacher’s resource book of fun activities for students of English as a Foreign Language.

2. Turning Logic-Grid Puzzles into a Communicative Activity

   In: English Teaching Forum 2022, Volume 60, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   The author, Gavin Young, offers a detailed guide showing how to create custom-made logic-grid puzzles and how to present and use them in class to promote learners’ speaking, listening, and thinking skills. The author uses an original puzzle he created as a working example throughout the article.

3. The Happiness Game: A Board Game for Almost Any Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Daniel Clausen created The Happiness Game in part because he believes that “teaching should be a happy profession and that students should come out of the classroom with a smile.” The article includes a game board and sample game cards—although teachers and students are encouraged to create more of their own. The game is adaptable for multiple learning levels and is designed to give students practice in English … and, of course, to make them happy.

4. The Lighter Side: Scrambled Lyrics

   In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   In this puzzle, you are given the first lines to songs, but the second lines to those songs are not only scrambled—they are also out of order. Your job is to unscramble each of the second lines and then match it with the first line that it follows. If you and your students are feeling creative, after solving the puzzle you can continue the songs with your own ideas and even make up melodies and sing them.

5. Improving English Proficiency in Professional and Vocational Training

   In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This purpose of this article, by Donna Bain Butler, is “to contribute to the professional development of teacher-trainers worldwide, with practical applications for instructors and curriculum developers who work to improve English proficiency in the professional/vocational training realm.”

6. English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 3

   Format(s): Text

   This issues addresses velocity and the velocipede, the TOEFL and Grammar, and statistics and research design.

7. 10th Anniversary of Access Awards Alumni with U.S. Visit

   The English Access Microscholarship program (Access) is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a U.S. exchange opportunity. This rare occasion brings 23 of the program’s highest-achieving alumni to the U.S. for a two-week visit during which they will demonstrate and improve their leadership skills through meetings with top USG officials as well as directors of various NGOs and representatives of American educational communities. Access is one of ECA’s core public diplomacy programs with scholarships amounting to approximately $25 million for over 18,000 participants annually.

8. Story 16: Friki

   In: Why English? Comics for the Classroom Format(s): MP3, Text

   The stories in Why English? Comics for the Classroom – written by teenagers and young adults – will appeal to learners of all ages. These stories provide an enjoyable opportunity to increase vocabulary, reading comprehension, listening, speaking, and writing.

9. Teacher's Corner: Promoting Learner Engagement

   Format(s): Text

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner provides ideas for promoting learner engagement.

10. Objective Teaching Observations

    In: Teacher's Corner: Professional Development for Teacher Trainers Format(s): Text

    Teacher trainers are tasked with many responsibilities, but none cause as much stress for teachers and teacher trainers as evaluative observations.

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