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1. Reader’s Guide

   In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This guide is designed to enrich your reading of the articles in this issue. You may choose to read them on your own, taking notes or jotting down answers to the discussion questions below. Or you may use the guide to explore the articles with colleagues.

2. The Lighter Side: Peace Puzzles

   In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   See if you can solve these short puzzles that feature quotes related to peace and different uses of the words “peace” and “piece.”

3. English Teaching Forum 2004, Volume 42, Issue 1

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   A Postcard from America from the writer Robert Olen Butler is the feature article of this issue and is accompanied by an integrated skills lesson plan. Other articles cover the areas of vocabulary, error correction, portfolios, writing, and authentic video.

4. Using Interactive Video to Boost Engagement in Online Courses, MOOCs, and More

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

   Author Christine Eide shows how teachers can incorporate interactive video into their lessons to give learners customized practice and to increase their engagement with content. The article features numerous examples and a detailed interactive video lesson plan.

5. Reader's Guide

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

   This guide is designed to enrich your reading of the articles in this issue. You may choose to read them on your own, taking notes or jotting down answers to the discussion questions below. Or you may use the guide to explore the articles with colleagues.

6. Writing Restaurant Reviews Online

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

   Joshua Lee provides detailed, step-by-step guidelines for helping students write their own restaurant reviews. The article takes readers through the entire process of choosing a restaurant, filling out the provided observation form while there, and then drafting and revising a review.

7. The Lighter Side: QUaEnSsTwIeOrNsS

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

   In this puzzle, questions and their answers are mixed together. Can you unscramble each group of words to form a question and an answer that goes with it?

8. Ten Characteristics of a Good Teacher

   In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   The author, an experienced English teacher, combines her professional experience with her language learner experience to identify her ideal language teacher. Her top ten characteristics focus on four areas: affective characteristics including humor and enthusiasm; skills such as the use of creative tools; classroom management styles and academic knowledge. The author claims motivation thrives on success, and by adopting these characteristics, students will react positively.

9. English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 2

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   Continuing this year’s focus on American sports, the feature article in this issue is about lacrosse. A lesson plan called “Be a Good Sport” provides activities centering on lacrosse and on sportsmanship. Other articles in this issue discuss using films for intercultural training, differentiating between cooperation and collaboration in group work, and consciousness-raising and prepositions.

10. English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 3

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    Baseball is the focus of this issue. "Baseball: A National Tradition" offers an in-depth look at this popular American sport, while the Lesson Plan provides activities to interest students in baseball. Other articles in this issue discuss teaching critical thinking to prepare EFL students for university success, setting up oral homework, using mobile phones in the language classroom, and an innovative way to use literature to teach advanced EFL students.

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