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1. English Homework: What Makes Sense

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

   The purpose of this article is to persuade English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers and teacher trainers that homework is indeed beneficial by presenting multiple examples of high-quality homework assignments, as Dettmers et al. (2010) found in mathematics

2. Four Ears Hear More Than Two: A Competitive Team Approach to Listening Practice

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

   This article explores a technique that can be used for almost any kind of classroom listening practice and with all kinds of classes. It seems to work well both in exam preparation and in regular textbook listening exercises.

3. My Classroom: Kazakhstan

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

   Yulia Bulatkulova discovered her passion for English language teaching at a young age as a result of the example set by an esteemed childhood English teacher.

4. Readers’ Guide

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This guide is designed to enrich your reading of the articles in this issue. You may choose to read them on your own, taking notes or jotting down answers to the discussion questions below. Or you may use the guide to explore the articles with colleagues.

5. My Classroom: Morocco (Karima and Adil)

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Karima Mezouari, a teacher dedicated to giving her students there a chance to learn English in meaningful and enjoyable ways. Adil Azhar describes how he learned to speak English through persistence and practice.

6. Reader's Guide

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

   This guide is designed to enrich your reading of the articles in this issue. You may choose to read them on your own, taking notes or jotting down answers to the discussion questions below. Or you may use the guide to explore the articles with colleagues.

7. Teaching Technique: Timed Partner Reading and Text Discussion

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

   This engaging partner-reading activity provides students with an opportunity to improve their reading comprehension and text-based discussion skills.

8. My Classroom: Georgia

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

   This article profiles the teaching context at Gori State Teaching University and describes how Khatuna Kharkheli develops creative lessons to motivate her students to learn and achieve success both in and out of the classroom.

9. Try This: The Great Mini-Debate

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

   Debates remain popular in English language courses, and this activity gives students a low-stress opportunity to develop their speaking debating skills; seven debate themes, with suggested topics, are provided.

10. Get Up and Sing! Get Up and Move! Using Songs and Movement with Young Learners of English

    In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 2 Format(s): Text

    The title says it all. This article explains why songs and movement are effective components of English language classes for young learners and presents lyrics, suggested movements, and options for a number of songs.

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