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1. My Classroom: Turkmenistan

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Learn how teacher and administrator Zelila Roziyeva manages a busy schedule to provide her students with the English skills they need to succeed in their careers.

2. Teacher's Corner: Service Learning in the Language Classroom

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   In this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we’ll examine ways that you can incorporate Service Learning strategies to get your students involved with experiential learning! During week 1, students will brainstorm community issues that they can help solve.

3. Using Models in the Second-Language Writing Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article carefully discusses the use of writing models: whether to use models; how to select appropriate models; and when, why, and how to use them.

4. A Collaborative Activity for Generating Ideas in the Writing Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article describes a procedure that gets students to collaborate, generate ideas for an essay project, and reflect on their ideas as they prepare to write; the author also suggests a number of possible essay topics.

5. Lip Syncs: Speaking…with a Twist

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Lip Syncs are not just fun and entertaining; this article shows you how to use them to give students an enjoyable way to practice English—vocabulary, pronunciation awareness, fluency, and more. Definitely worth a try!

6. Media Circles: Lively, Learner-Led Lessons

   In: English Teaching Forum 2020, Volume 58, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This article gives suggestions for applying the concept of literature circles to audiovisual media rather than to literary works as a way to support learner autonomy and interaction with the target language.

7. Digital Age Pedagogy: Easily Enhance Your Teaching Practice with Technology

   In: English Teaching Forum 2020, Volume 58, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The author describes a wide range of technology tools that language teachers and learners can use and offers tips on getting started and making the most productive use of the tools. Tech tools are becoming more plentiful and essential, and the article is a useful resource for teachers, whether they teach in person or virtually.

8. A Systematic Process for Assessing Assessment

   In: English Teaching Forum 2020, Volume 58, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   “How to assess assessments is often a dilemma for teachers and English language programs,” the author writes, and then goes on to offer a number of suggestions, charts, and guiding questions designed to help solve that dilemma.

9. Using Story Retelling Wheels with Young Learners

   In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The author describes how to use “story retelling wheels” as scaffolding devices to support young learners as they develop the important skill of being able to retell stories that they have heard and comprehended.

10. Developing Discussion and Tutorial Leadership Skills in EFL Learners

    In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 3 Format(s): Text

    The author explains how to use student-led tutorials to develop learners’ presentation, discussion, and listening skills creatively; among other benefits, the tutorials can increase all students’ social-discourse skills as they manage small-group discussions about topics of their own choosing.

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