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1. Teaching Techniques: Critiquing Questions

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Question formation is a basic part of teaching and learning English. However, we often focus on the ability to form the question properly and not as much on the quality of the information the question is seeking.

2. NASA Classroom

   Format(s): Website

   The National Aeronautic and Space Association provides graded instruction and teaching materials. Its Digital Learning Network provides free interactive lessons with videos and live webinars.

3. Open Source Resources

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

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner will examine four types of technology that can help achieve classroom goals. Each tool is free to use. This week’s Teacher’s Corner provides assistance in developing classroom materials by highlighting free online resources, including texts, images, and even entire online courses.

4. Poems About Nature

   In: Poetry Format(s): Text

   Read poems that students from around the world wrote about nature. Download these student poems!

5. Poems About Hopes, Dreams, Futures, and Freedom

   In: Poetry Format(s): Text

   What are the hopes and dreams of students from around the world? Read their poems and find out!

6. My Classroom: China

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Ms. Huang and Ms. Zhu are dedicated to helping their students build interest in the English language inside and outside the classroom.

7. A Systematic Process for Assessing Assessment

   In: English Teaching Forum 2020, Volume 58, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   “How to assess assessments is often a dilemma for teachers and English language programs,” the author writes, and then goes on to offer a number of suggestions, charts, and guiding questions designed to help solve that dilemma.

8. Try This: Listening and Logic

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This section presents a stand-alone language-learning activity emphasizing listening, critical thinking, and teamwork, along with five ready-to-use examples.

9. Poetry

   Format(s): Text

   Students from all over the world participated in National Poetry Month by writing poems. We received hundreds of poems and want to share them with you. Have you written a poem in English that you’d like to send to us? Email it to us at oelpamenglish@gmail.com

10. A Dozen Stories and Fables for Teacher Development

    In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 4 Format(s): Text

    This article discusses the use of stories and fables in teacher training programs. It provides a selection of 12 stories and fables the authors have used in pre-service and in-service teacher training workshops around the world. The article suggests a theme to connect each story to a teaching, training, or staff development situation.

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