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1. How to Conduct an ELT Workshop

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

   This article serves to give readers a framework for planning, preparing, and delivering a successful workshop, including strategies to keep on pace and anticipate and overcome obstacles.

2. Try This: Current Events

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

   Using news in the classroom keeps students aware of events happening in local, national, and international communities, and it promotes critical thinking. This activity helps students become more aware of issues and events in the news to motivate them to have further discussions with classmates, family, or members of the community.

3. Beyond the Plagiarism Checker: Helping Nonnative English Speakers (NNESs) Avoid Plagiarism

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This article gives detailed practical suggestions for helping students recognize and avoid plagiarism, use paraphrasing and summarizing effectively, incorporate direct quotes into their writing, and cite sources. 

4. Radio Drama for Speaking Practice

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Find ideas for having students create and perform original radio dramas in the classroom; the article includes tips for helping students read with emotion, use sound effects, and work collaboratively.

5. Workshops: An Alternative to Student Writing Conferences

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This Teaching Technique describes how teachers can use mini-workshops in place of student writing conferences and explains potential benefits of doing so.

6. "This American English Class”: A New Model of Cultural Instruction

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article describes a cultural-instruction model and provides clear examples of how to apply it in class.

7. Engaging Language Learners with Biography-Based Lessons, Units, and Courses

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article provides a number of ideas for incorporating biographies and biography-based texts to enhance the learning of language (and culture).

8. Reader’s Guide

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 3 Format(s): Text

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

9. Developing Reading Fluency by Combining Timed Reading and Repeated Reading

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article describes an innovative way to combine two familiar techniques (timed reading and repeated reading) to produce a new technique that can support the development of reading fluency.

10. Thousand-Word Pictures 

    In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 3 Format(s): Text

    This step-by-step guide shows how teachers can use pictures to help students develop language skills and cultural awareness. 

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