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1. Adapting Songs for Beginning Learners

   In: Teacher's Corner: Adapting Materials for Students' Levels Format(s): Text

   During week 2 of this month’s Teacher’s Corner, learn a fun way to adapt a song activity for beginner-level students.

2. Ongoing Reflection and Post-Project Sharing

   In: Teacher's Corner: Service Learning in the Language Classroom Format(s): Text

   During our final week of Teacher’s Corner on Service Learning, we present strategies for students to share their experiences and reflections after the completion of a project.

3. Increasing Awareness and Talk Time through Free Messaging Apps

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   For many people, mobile phones are a part of modern life. Although the purpose of this technology revolves around language and communication, its application to language learning still appears to be underutilized. This is changing, as the widespread use of this handheld technology offers numerous opportunities to use functions that are ideal for exposing learners to communicative interaction on their language-learning journey.

4. How Many Words is a Picture Worth?

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   The phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” indicates that a complex idea can be communicated by a single image.

5. Information Gaps: Graphic Organizers and Oral Clues

   In: Teacher's Corner: Speaking - Information Gap Activities Format(s): Text

   This week’s activity is an information gap using schedules. Speaking English, students collaborate to reach a shared solution.

6. My Classroom: Peru

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This article was written by Deanna Paglia, an English and Spanish second language teacher and teacher trainer who is currently the English Language Fellow hosted by Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano in Arequipa, Peru.

7. Information Gaps: Mingle Activities

   In: Teacher's Corner: Speaking - Information Gap Activities Format(s): Text

   A mingle activity is another variation of an information gap activity. This week’s Teacher’s Corner outlines an excellent student-centered, communicative mingle activity to use in your classroom.

8. Developing Your Virtual Personal Learning Network (PLN)

   In: Teacher's Corner: Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) Format(s): Text

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we will examine virtual components you can include in your personal learning network, as well as how to overcome some of the challenges teachers face when trying to navigate today’s ever-growing number of virtual learning opportunities and resources.

9. World Wide Wiki

   In: Teacher's Corner: Integrating Global Affairs into Your English Lessons Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner discusses how to use wikis for collaborative writing in the classroom. Students create their own world fact books with this activity!

10. Week 1 - The Inverted Pyramid

    In: Teacher's Corner: Journalism Format(s): MP3

    In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students will work on understanding the parts of a news story. This week’s activity uses a graphic organizer about the inverted pyramid.

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