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1. Unpublished

   Global Comic Stories

   In: Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels Format(s): Text

   In this section, you’ll find the published anthology from the AE Global Comics Virtual Exchange Program. At a later date, two more anthologies will be added to this section.

2. Career Opportunities

   In: Teacher's Corner: Career Vocabulary Format(s): Text

   For younger students, deciding on career opportunities can be challenging. With so many possibilities available, students may not be sure what types of jobs would be the best fit for them.

3. “What would you do if…?” Making Plans to Deal with Difficult Situations

   In: Teacher's Corner: Conditionals Format(s): Text

   In this activity, students will practice or review how to use conditionals to discuss plans to get out of tricky situations. This conditional form used for this language function is called the unreal future conditional or the second conditional.

4. Reader's Guide

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This guide is designed to enrich your reading of the articles in this issue.

5. 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.

6. Teacher's Corner: Building Autonomy and Independence in Young Learners

   Format(s): Text

   Teaching young learners (YLs) can be very enjoyable because they like learning through fun, hands-on activities, games, and songs. However, managing the classroom and keeping young children engaged can also be a challenge. Giving YLs choices and opportunities to contribute their ideas can have very positive effects on behavior and the overall classroom community. In this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we will share ideas about how educators can develop autonomy and independence in young learners.

7. Trend 3 - Digital Game Based Learning (DGBL)

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

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we will explore ways we can take advantage of video games for the language classroom even when we do not play video games ourselves.

8. Trend 4 - Makerspaces

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

   This week in the Teacher’s Corner, we show you how to use makerspaces in the English language classroom. In a makerspace environment, students engage in project-based learning.

9. "Move and Say" to Build Foundational Reading Skills

   In: Teacher's Corner: Literacy Development for True Beginners Format(s): Text

   In the introduction for this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we defined phonemic awareness as a student’s ability to understand that words are made up of sounds.

10. Strategies to Support Comprehension in Early Literacy

    In: Teacher's Corner: Literacy Development for True Beginners Format(s): Text

    Focusing on comprehension with beginner-level students can seem challenging. When students are just beginning to learn how to read, it can feel overwhelming to add comprehension activities.

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