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1. Word Bricks-Sorting Race

   In: Activate: Games for Learning American English - Word Bricks Format(s): Text

   The latest Word Bricks game, Sorting Race, can be played with just a few extra minutes in class. To play the game, players race to find all words of a certain type in a set of Word Bricks.

2. Prepositions of Place

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

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, use everyday objects to get students writing sentences using prepositions.

3. Publish, Don't Perish: Ten Tips

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   The purpose of this article is to provide an introduction to identifying the hidden rules and explicating the sometimes intimidating world of publishing.

4. Reported Speech Overview

   In: Teacher's Corner: Reported Speech Format(s): Text

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner is all about reported speech. This week, we present a fun activity that includes using interviews to get your students to practice reported speech.

5. Classroom Activities

   In: English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This section presents three stand-alone English language-learning activities related to dogs.

6. Trace Effects Manual - Chapter 1

   In: Trace Effects Teacher's Manual Format(s): Text

   Download the Teacher's Manual for Chapter 1 of Trace Effects. The manual gives ideas for easy, interactive tasks to complement online games in the classroom.

7. Trace Effects Teacher Manual Introduction

   In: Trace Effects Teacher's Manual Format(s): Text

   The Trace Effects Teacher's Manual Introduction provides teachers a resource on the methodology and pedagogy of using games for learning, including how to use Trace Effects for classroom learning.

8. English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 4

   Format(s): Text

   Find suggestions for vocabulary games, crowdsourced language learning, literary coaching—and much more.

9. English Proficiency Test: The Oral Component of a Primary School

   In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article discusses the various problems found when teachers try to design the oral production part of English proficiency tests for young learners. The authors discuss matters such as intimidation or the possibility of relating the test too much to other conventional tests. They offer ways to address these issues, including testing for fluency, using elicitation procedures, and changing the view of the test into a more relaxed game-like scenario. The authors provide examples of where these ideas have been implemented.

10. English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 3

    Format(s): Text

    Find activities to help learners explore and express culture —and much more.

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