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  1. Module 1: Contextualizing Language

    In: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Successful Practices Around the World Format(s): Text, Video, Website
    This Module of the Shaping the Way we Teach English Series contains a lesson plan and accompanying video that is focused on contexualization.
  2. Abstracts from Other Journals

    In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 4 Format(s): Text
    "Abstracts from Other Journals” discusses three articles on different issues related to second or foreign language teaching. The first is Diane Slaouti’s “The World Wide Web for Academic Purposes: Old Study Skills for New” (English for Specific Purposes). The second is Jasone Cenoz’s “Age Differences in Foreign Language Learning” ( I.T.L. Review of Applied Linguistics). The third is Deborah Schaffer’s “The Story of e-“ (English Today: The International Review of the English Language).
  3. Renewable Energy

    In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 4 Format(s): Text
    This article, aimed at high intermediate to advanced readers, discusses the use of renewable energy. It presents a brief history on the source and types of energy. It then focuses on recent developments including solar, biomass, wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal energy. The article discusses the future of renewable energy and provides some suggestions on how to improve it.
  4. The Lighter Side

    In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 4 Format(s): Text
    The Lighter Side in this issue has three parts. “Scrambled Energy Words” is an unscrambling-the-words activity using vocabulary related to energy. “Energy Jokes and Puns” has jokes related to energy, and “Energy Idioms” contains idioms related to energy.
  5. The Lighter Side: Football Transformers

    In: English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 4 Format(s): Text
    This issue's The Lighter Side introduces a word game with a football related theme.
  6. Module 2: Building Language Awareness

    In: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Successful Practices Around the World Format(s): Text, Video
    This Module of the Shaping the Way we Teach English Series contains a lesson plan and accompanying video that is focused on the details of the language within the context of language input.
  7. Using Web Resources in a Public Speaking Class

    In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    This article describes ways to teach public speaking students how to efficiently locate information on the Internet, how to quickly evaluate and analyze those resources, and how best to navigate the Web. The author’s lesson leads the students through a Web-based scavenger hunt, included in the article, and has information about how to evaluate sites. The author expands on these lessons to show the students how the Internet can help prepare and deliver a speech.
  8. Module 3: Integrating Skills

    In: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Successful Practices Around the World Format(s): Text, Video, Website
    This Module of the Shaping the Way we Teach English Series contains a lesson plan and accompanying video that is focused on the use of language skills together in social interaction.
  9. Teaching Weak Forms

    In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    This article describes a pronunciation concept referred to as the weak form, a compression of sounds used to keep the rhythm of spoken English. The author uses the word “that” as an example. Stressing or not stressing the word “that” when reading aloud the sentence “John thinks that man is evil” changes the meaning. Reading “that” as unstressed is an example of the weak form. The author provides examples of how to teach the weak form to provide students with better spoken English and better comprehension.
  10. Language and Life Sciences: Mapping the Human Genome (Reprinted from Chapter 1 of the FORUM Electronic Journal Language and Life Sciences)

    In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    The authors use the study of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, the building blocks of all living things) to develop student vocabulary and assist in developing a fundamental understanding of the science behind DNA. The article provides supplemental material including helpful Web sites, student group activities with handouts, vocabulary lessons, and warm-up activities.

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