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1. Building Classroom Community through Drawing

   In: Teacher's Corner: Using Art in the English Language Classroom Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner features a drawing version of show and tell – a fun way to develop a strong sense of classroom community.

2. Photography Exhibition

   In: Teacher's Corner: Using Art in the English Language Classroom Format(s): Text

   Bring the museum to your classroom! In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students create a photography exhibition to reinforce language learned in the classroom.

3. Listening Journals for Extensive and Intensive Listening Practice

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Articles provide practical, innovative ideas for teaching English, based on current theory.

4. Gossip and Rumors

   In: Teacher's Corner: Reported Speech Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner uses a variation of the game “True Truths and a Lie” to help students practice reported speech while they learn more about their classmates.

5. World News Report

   In: Teacher's Corner: Reported Speech Format(s): Text

   Bring the news into your classroom. This week’s Teacher’s Corner shows how students can practice reported speech while reporting news stories.

6. Activity 1 - Exit Tickets

   In: Teacher's Corner: Making Meaningful Assessments Format(s): Text

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner focuses on making and designing meaningful assessments to use in the English language classroom. This week, we show you an easy way to check in on your students’ learning and progress using “exit tickets.”

7. Activity 2 - Diagnostic Assessment

   In: Teacher's Corner: Making Meaningful Assessments Format(s): E-book

   Diagnostic assessments can help us recognize and identify what our students’ language learning needs are much earlier in a course. Learn all about diagnostic assessments in the Teacher’s Corner this week.

8. Using Music, Chants, and Movement

   In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Young Learners Format(s): Text

   This Teacher’s Corner discusses how to use music, chants, and movement to create a lively, engaging classroom that appeals to multiple learning styles.

9. Writing Check with the Academic Word List

   In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Academic Writing Format(s): Text

   When English language learners in academic settings focus attention on wordlists, such as AWL (the Academic Word List), they have an opportunity to expand vocabulary. In this week’s activity, students will use the AWL to check and revise their own written work.

10. Trend 1 - 21st Century Skills

    In: Teacher's Corner: Education Trends and Issues in the World Today Format(s): Text

    In this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we will explore four educational approaches that are working toward a more complete use of Bloom’s Taxonomy in the classroom. These approaches are designed to provide students more opportunities to apply, analyze, evaluate, and create in the classroom.

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