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1. The Lighter Side: The Happiness Puzzle

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

   In this puzzle, your job is to unscramble groups of letters to spell things that happy people might do, then to fill in blanks to spell out things that make many people happy. After solving the puzzle, you are encouraged to think of your own puzzle items—or have your students create some and happily share with their classmates.

2. 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.

3. Identifying Our Approaches to Language Learning Technologies: Improving Professional Development

   In: English Teaching Forum 2011, Volume 49, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article emphasizes Warschauer's Model, explaining the three positions that researchers working in the field of language technology are concerned about: determinist or technophobe and technophile, instrumental, and critical. The article discusses the importance and application of Warschauer’s Model to professional development, offering ideas for activities and lesson plans related to each position held.

4. Tools for Activating Materials and Tasks in the English Language Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This article presents techniques to make classroom materials and tasks more interactive and student-centered and thus motivate learners to take more control over their own learning. It demonstrates these techniques through elicitation, gapping, and adaptation/extension strategies. The article offers examples of classroom activities with detailed instructions to show how teachers can use materials and tasks in the English language classroom to address students’ interests, needs, and goals.

5. My Classroom: Ethiopia

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

   Dawit Negeri has been teaching in the English Department at Ambo University for the past five years.

6. Content Spotlight: The Olympics

   “When I grow up, I want to be the best at sliding heavy stones on ice (also known as delivery in the sport of curling)!” Okay, so you’ve probably never heard a child say that. And, to many of us, devoting your life to a sport may seem extreme. So why does the world find the Olympics so fascinating? Well, sports give us the opportunity to come together peacefully and celebrate the human spirit. And there is no better example of this ideal than the Olympic Games. The Olympic Games teach us to dream big, to work hard to achieve our goals, and to excel to be the best.

7. English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 4

   Format(s): Text

   English Teaching Forum supports the teaching of English around the world through the exchange of innovative, practical ideas. Below is a description of each section of the journal, along with suggestions about how to use it.

8. Trace Effects Teacher's Manual

   Format(s): Text

   This Trace Effects manual provides information on teaching using online games and gives ideas for extending beyond the game using easy, interactive tasks.

9. Trace Effects Manual - Chapter 2

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

   The manual provides information on teaching using online games and gives ideas for extending beyond the game using easy, interactive tasks for Chapter 2 of Trace Effects.

10. Trace Effects Manual - Chapter 5

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

    The manual provides information on teaching using online games and gives ideas for extending beyond the game using easy, interactive tasks for Chapter 5 of Trace Effects.

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