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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Vocabulary Games: More than Just Wordplay

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

   This article presents five games for introducing or reviewing vocabulary along with a matrix that teachers can use to evaluate the types of word knowledge that is practiced in the vocabulary games their students play.

7. Crowdsourced Language Learning: Lessons for TESOL Educators from Online Language-Learning Enthusiasts

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

   Online language-learning sites have multiplied over the years, and this article offers suggestions for evaluating and getting the most out of them.

8. Teaching Better, Together: Literacy Coaching as Collaborative Professional Development

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

   The authors “provide readers with a starting point for considering literacy coaching as a viable model for sustainable collaborative teacher development in ELT settings.”

9. Ten Things to Enhance Learning and Fun in the Classroom

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

   This Teaching Technique introduces a fun, versatile game that gets students thinking and talking together about any number of topic categories.

10. Jigsaw Vocabulary

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

    This is a step-by-step description of an activity that incorporates group work to introduce learners to new vocabulary by using the jigsaw strategy.

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