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1. Teacher's Corner: Conditionals

   Format(s): Text

   This month we’ll take a closer look at some of the ways conditionals function and how we can provide students meaningful (and fun!) ways to practice using these grammatical forms.

2. Teacher's Corner: How Universal Design for Learning Supports Inclusive Learning Practices

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   More and more teachers are interested in making their lessons and classes more inclusive for a wide range of learners. Students with disabilities and other learning differences benefit from having materials, evaluations, and learning environments that are supportive of their learning needs. In this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we look at Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a framework that helps teachers plan for different learners in their classes. We explore some guidelines for UDL and ways to implement UDL in the classroom. Don’t forget to continue the discussion and get more ideas by joining the community at the AE Teachers Corner Facebook group!

3. Teachers Working Together: A Successful Community of Practice

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

   This session, "Teachers Working Together: A Successful Community of Practice," explores best practices and innovative ideas that can be shared and cultivated in a collaborative and engaging professional network called a Community of Practice (CoP).

4. Discussion Strategies for Meaningful, Effective Webinar Practice

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

   Participants will discover specific ways to help students engage and connect meaningfully in English conversation practice.

5. Practical Applications for Critical Thinking in English Language Teaching and Learning

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

   This session offers an easy way to determine how much Critical Thinking (CT) is already part of existing your materials and practical ways to weave more CT into them on a regular basis.

6. Question Practice: The Personal-Assistant Mock Job Interview

   In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Would you like to give your students practice in generating and asking questions—and finding creative ways to answer them? Author Terence McLean describes a job-interview activity that is light-hearted and fun, yet gives students serious language practice, motivates them, and requires them to think creatively and critically. The activity also helps students prepare for the real-life job interviews they will have in the future.

7. Practicum: Microteaching for Non-Native Speaking Teacher Trainees

   In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   In situations where it is not possible for trainees to practice teaching in local schools, teaching short lessons to their peers—called microteaching--can provide beneficial experience and feedback to teachers-in-training. The article includes guidelines for presenters, observers, and teacher trainers as well as a sample practicum class schedule and microteaching lesson. Students experience microteaching both in small groups and with the whole class.

8. Four Ears Hear More Than Two: A Competitive Team Approach to Listening Practice

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article explores a technique that can be used for almost any kind of classroom listening practice and with all kinds of classes. It seems to work well both in exam preparation and in regular textbook listening exercises.

9. Reflective Teaching: The Principles and Practices

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

   Reflective teaching is highly popular within English language programs, but there is some debate over definitions and best practices for reflective teaching. The author explores current approaches to reflective teaching (e.g., reflection-in-action, action research) and provides guides for a teacher development model using reflective teaching. He concludes that teachers who use reflection will gain freedom from impulse and uncertainty and will redefine themselves as educated and experienced human beings.

10. Practical Activities for Balanced Listening Instruction

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

    This webinar will introduce activities to develop students' listening skills in all of these areas; these activities can make your listening instruction both easier and more effective.

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