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1. Halloween

   In: Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A. Format(s): Text

   Halloween orginated, in part, as a celebration connected with evil spirits and the dead.

2. Birthdays and Anniversaries

   In: Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A. Format(s): Text

   Anniversary celebrations are those that commemorate a particular date or past event. Birthdays are also celebrated in a variety of ways in the United States.

3. Black History Month

   In: Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A. Format(s): Text

   Black History Month is celebrated in February.

4. Hispanic Heritage Month

   In: Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A. Format(s): Text

   Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 each year.

5. Speakers and Task Type: Increasing Awareness of Factors Involved in Speech Act Production

   In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text

   The goal of this article is to increase awareness of the factors that affect the linguistic realization of speech acts in American English.

6. Appropriateness in Terms of Address

   In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text, Video, Website

   This lesson focuses on increasing student awareness of troubles caused by inappropriate choice of address forms.

7. The Open Boat

   In: The Red Badge of Courage and Other Stories Format(s): Text

   In this story from The Red Badge of Courage, four men struggle to survive in a dinghy off the coast of Florida.

8. Comment-Response Mingle

   In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text, Video, Website

   This lesson aims to help students become more aware of and have practice in using appropriate formulaic responses to common situations.

9. Improving the Friendly Discussions of Controversial Issues

   In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text, Video, Website

   This lesson aims to introduce students to a variety of pragmatic routines and lexical phrases employed in disagreements between peers.

10. The Lighter Side of TEFL: Word Games

    In: The Lighter Side of TEFL, Volume 1 Format(s): Text

    This section focuses on word games, which reinforces learned vocabulary.

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