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1. Reader’s Guide

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 3 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. Peer Feedback in Second-Language Writing Classes: “Dear My Friend … ”

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article describes a highly adaptable approach to peer feedback that includes a meaningful communicative writing task and promotes positivity and mutual support.

3. Using Narrow Reading to Develop Fluency

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The author presents a step-by-step procedure for using narrow reading—“reading several texts about a single, narrow topic”—to promote reading fluency, with examples and suggested variations.

4. Extended Icebreaker

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The author presents a clever but easy-to-implement extension to standard icebreaker activities that helps students get to know their peers, use the target language, and form strong relationships in the classroom.

5. Pairing in EFL Classes

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article presents a number of language-based suggestions for pairing students so that over time they get to work with a variety of classmates and build relationships with peers.

6. My Classroom: Kyrgyz Republic

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Learn how teacher Mukadas Tashieva, a faculty member at Osh State University, has established herself as an important contributor to the field of English language teaching in the Kyrgyz Republic.

7. The Mystery Bag: Listening and Speaking Skills for Young Learners

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article describes a fun guessing game that involves objects in a “mystery bag” and gives learners practice with vocabulary and with asking and answering questions.

8. The Lighter Side: Reverse Categories

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This puzzle presents lists of words; your job is to divide them into categories logically so that everything fits.

9. Digital Literacies: Practical Approaches for the ELT Classroom

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This session, "Digital Literacies: Practical Approaches for the ELT Classroom," aims to clarify the multiskill “digital literacies” construct and explore how and why these skills can be integrated into English language instruction.

10. Student-Centered Speaking Activities to Increase Fluency and Accuracy

    In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

    This session, "Student-Centered Speaking Activities to Increase Fluency and Accuracy," focuses on activities that participants can use in teaching speaking in multi-level classes with students of all ages.

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