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1. Trace Effects Manual - Appendices

   In: Trace Effects Manual - Appendices 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 6 and 7 of Trace Effects.

2. Trace Effects Manual - Appendices

   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 6 and 7 of Trace Effects.

3. Articles: Using Comics in the Classroom

   In: Why English? Comics for the Classroom Format(s): Text

   In these two English Teaching Forum articles, learn how to use comic strips in the English language classroom and how to encourage student storytelling through sequential art.

4. More Articles: Using Comics in the Classroom

   In: Why English? Comics for the Classroom Format(s): Text

   One of these two English Teaching Forum articles is about how to make teaching materials more interactive and learner-focused. The second article is a detailed classroom activity about creating comics.

5. Reader's Guide

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

   This guide is designed to enrich your reading of the articles in this issue.

6. The Lighter Side: What's Missing?

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

   This fill-in the blank worksheet list activities that might be part of an English Club meeting.

7. Strategies for Engaging Young Learners

   Format(s): Text

   The difficulty in teaching young learners (YLs) in the EFL classroom is maintaining engagement throughout the lesson. Therefore, teachers of YLs need to incorporate activities that are meaningful, engaging, and also entertaining. This webinar will share practical tips and ideas for engaging young learners in the EFL classroom, including using fun songs with humor, using actions to accompany poetry and song lyrics, and promoting creativity. We will also focus on techniques for making input comprehensible, such as using gestures, visuals, and realia as learning tools. When using a variety of techniques and activities, children forget they are in a step-by-step language lesson, and the learning comes naturally.

8. Pragmatics of Complaining

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article presents twelve activities for teaching the pragmatics of complaining, including strategies, tasks, and specific scenarios.

9. Group Dynamics: Belonging in the ESL Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   The author provides suggestions for English language activities that promote bonding at the beginning of a course, during a course, and at the end of a course.

10. Book Clubs as a Tool for Community Building and Language Enhancement

    In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 1 Format(s): Text

    The author uses her own experience starting and facilitating a book club to give advice to others interested in creating a book club in their schools or communities.

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