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1. Spoken Grammar and Its Role in the English Language Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Spoken grammar has an important role in communicative English language teaching, and teachers who understand how to teach it can improve their students’ fluency.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 1

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   Find suggestions for teaching the pragmatics of complaining, developing group dynamics, and starting a book club—and much more.

5. English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 2

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   Find suggestions for using cell phones, songs and movement, student-created cartoons, photo diaries—and much more.

6. English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 2

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   This issue features articles on helping students recognize and avoid plagiarism, create original radio dramas, write and perform movie trailers, and more.

7. 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. 

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 3

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    Learn how to apply a Cultural Facilitation Model for cultural instruction. Discover a variety of ways to incorporate biographies in language teaching—and much more.

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