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1. Week 3 - Global Pen Pals

   In: Teacher's Corner: Building Global Citizens Format(s): Text

   Are your students interested in meeting people from around the world? In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we provide guidance on setting your students up with global pen pals.

2. Week 2 - Read to Beat the Clock

   In: Teacher's Corner: Promoting Learner Engagement Format(s): Text

   This week we’ll look at ways to get students actively involved in class activities. In this activity, students work in pairs to practice reading fluently.

3. Students as Textbook Authors

   In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The authors describe their experience using a learner-centered approach to turn learner writing into booklets. When students write about their own lives, they can focus on the language they need to express their ideas. Interaction increases because interest is high. Near beginners can create fact sheets about themselves, and more advanced students can write language-learning histories. The texts can become fill-in-the-blank activities or be read aloud. Student texts inform instructors of needs and interests; they give students ownership of their learning and provide models for future classes.

4. More Prepositions of Time: For, While, During, and Since

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

   Use the fun activities in this week’s Teacher’s Corner to get students to practice using the prepositions for, while, during, and since to talk about time.

5. Gossip and Rumors

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

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner uses a variation of the game “True Truths and a Lie” to help students practice reported speech while they learn more about their classmates.

6. Week 1 - Meanings of Modals: Classroom Rules

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

   This week, help your students understand modal use by rewriting classroom rules.

7. Week 3 - Vocabulary Race

   In: Teacher's Corner: Movement in the Classroom Format(s): Text

   In this week's Teacher's Corner on movement, students run in a vocabulary race!

8. Using a Daily Message to Build Literacy Skills

   In: Teacher's Corner: Literacy Development for True Beginners Format(s): Text

   Do you students struggle with basic literacy skills? This week’s Teacher’s Corner presents anactivity that can help students apply phonics skills and develop sight word vocabulary.

9. Testing Writing in the EFL Classroom: Student Expectations

   In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This article reports on the inconsistency between the expected and actual grades of learners of English as foreign language in freshman English writing classes. It discusses the differences between students’ and instructors’ perceptions of acceptable essay writing. It suggests that teachers develop valid and reliable testing procedures and help students to increase their awareness and understanding of the proficiency levels required to write essays.

10. Using English Teaching Forum in Teacher Development

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

    This collection of three small articles on how English Teaching Forum has been used in teacher training was created for this issue's anthology. Writers describe training sessions in Poland, Peru, Congo, and Togo. Teachers and teacher trainers all around the world have found innovative ways to take advantage of the availability, accessibility, and immediate applicability of Forum articles.

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