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1. Activity Proposal to Work with English Language Variation: Focus on the Phonetic-Phonological Level

   In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Author Adriano Delego demonstrates why it is important for learners to be able to understand variations in English language spoken around the world, then describes six activities teachers can use to give their students practice in listening to and comprehending different varieties of English.

2. Scavenger Hunts in ELT

   In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Laura Loder Buechel explores the many ways that scavenger hunts can add fun, movement, collaboration, and practical applications of knowledge to English language learning. The article includes detailed descriptions of different kinds of hunts, many of which are appropriate for young learners, and includes templates and ready-to-use ideas.

3. Reading (and Writing) beyond the Lines

   In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Author Vanesa Polastri loves to give her learners stories (and other texts) that contain “gaps of indeterminacy”—that is, missing information that the learners must provide by using hints in the texts, their own knowledge, and their imagination. The author suggests ways the technique can be used for learners of different ages and language levels.

4. My Classroom: Bolivia

   In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Learn how Claudia Andrade Serrano engaged her students with a place-based language-learning project that involved planting churqui-tree “seed bombs.” Students used English throughout the project, from making and planting the seed bombs to writing and sharing original poems about nature. The article, written by Susan Huss-Lederman, conveys the students’ enthusiasm and includes thoughts on how other teachers can try similar projects of their own.

5. Think-Talk-Write Design: Digital Tools for Language Autonomy and Writing Literacies

   In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Author Florence Elizabeth Bacabac takes the reader through a series of detailed steps that demonstrate how to help students think (with a focus on cognitive awareness), talk (using communicative activities), and write (applying grammar in writing contexts. The author shows how digital tools can align with the principles of critical thinking and audience awareness.

6. Repeated Reading with Retelling: A Multi-skilled Fluency Activity

   In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Author Tim Stoeckel describes the Repeated Reading with Retelling (RRR) activity, which combines the strengths of the well-known “4/3/2” and “repeated reading” techniques. RRR gives students at nearly all language levels practice in multiple language skills and can be used with a variety of text types, making it a fit in a wide range of language-learning classes.

7. A Simple and Authentic Assessment of Language Learners’ Reading Abilities: The Reading Level Measurement Method

   In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Author Aaron Mermelstein explains the importance of accurately placing learners at the correct level for reading practice, then describes the Reading Level Measurement Method, a student-centered device that can be used to measure students’ placement (and progress) and can give reading instructors important information about the effectiveness of their reading program.

8. The Single-Point Rubric to Simplify Student Feedback and Assessment

   In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   In this article, author Melanie C. González explores single-point rubrics, a simple, adaptable assessment tool that can offer student-friendly formative and summative feedback in many ELT contexts. Single-point rubrics use one list of evaluative criteria to describe how learners can demonstrate proficiency or success; this flexible rubric style also provides space for individualized, growth-focused instructor feedback in relation to each success criterion.

9. Bridging Academia and the Real World: A Letter-Writing Journey for English Language Learners

   In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 4 Format(s): E-book

   Author Kamran Akhtar Siddiqui shares a project plan for engaging students in writing short opinion-based “letters to the editor” on current topics and for helping students submit their work to print or online news publications. The article describes key steps: analyzing model texts, selecting an issue, creating drafts, giving and receiving peer feedback, and using online editing tools to prepare texts for publication via an authentic news outlet or class e-book.

10. Conversation Continuation Support Tools for Beginner-Level Learners

    In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 4 Format(s): Text

    Author Shinya Koga introduces a set of flexible strategies and tools designed to foster learners’ ability to sustain a conversation, even in beginner-level or young-learner contexts. The author’s approach combines structured—yet adaptable—resources with engaging activities, helping students build confidence and fluency while making conversations enjoyable.

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