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1. Building a Class Library Using Local Folktales

   In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   In areas of the world such as Nigeria where reading is not a central part of the culture, teachers may face a shortage of reading materials. One way to address this problem is by asking students to create their own reading materials. The activity described in this article focuses on a way students can engage in process learning by writing down oral folktales. Because students work in groups, they must communicate with each other in English to write and prepare their book. Students produce a tangible object from their learning that can be used to build a reading library.

2. My Classroom: Libya

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

   Learn how Tamadar Issa, an author and a “creative educator,” uses her unique communication skills and her imagination to inspire the students she teaches in Tripoli.

3. Teaching Techniques: Nouns on the Job Market - An Approach for Recognizing Noun Position

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Using the employment analogy provides a fun and memorable way to help students relate to this sentence-level grammatical concept.

4. The Lighter Side: Three Pragmatics Puzzles

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

   Three pragmatics puzzles.

5. Spin One's Words

   In: English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This resource contains idioms related to time.

6. The Lighter Side: "Fish Tanks"

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

   In these two puzzles, readers use clues and logic to place fish in the appropriate tanks.

7. The Lighter Side

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This puzzle gives you a chance to transform the word note to the word song, one letter (and one word) at a time.

8. Speed Pairs, a Spoken Exercise

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Learn how to use a highly adaptable technique called “Speed Pairs,” and see how it helps students practice targeted grammar structures..

9. MY CLASSROOM Cambodia

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Learn how teacher Sarina Monh works through challenges to create opportunities for student success.

10. Auctions to Reinforce Understanding

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

    This Teaching Technique describes a way to use an auction format to help students review content.

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