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1. Week 2 - Building a Resume

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

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students will practice proofreading and editing a resume and cover letter before writing one of their own.

2. 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.

3. Poems About Places

   In: Teacher Resources Format(s): Text

   Learn about places – cities, provinces, villages, countries – that are special to the students who wrote poems about them. Read or download the poems!

4. Poems About Places

   In: Poetry Format(s): Text

   Learn about places – cities, provinces, villages, countries – that are special to the students who wrote poems about them. Read the poems or download the PDFs.

5. Poems About Nature

   In: Poetry Format(s): Text

   Read poems that students from around the world wrote about nature. Download these student poems!

6. Teacher's Corner: Fostering Student Motivation

   Format(s): Text

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner will examine ways teachers can positively impact student motivation. Begin with this reflection activity about language learning.

7. Positive Language in the EFL Classroom

   In: Teacher's Corner: Classroom Management Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner explores a few quick ways to use tone, words, and body language to foster positive classroom rapport, mutual respect, and trust.

8. Poems About Hopes, Dreams, Futures, and Freedom

   In: Poetry Format(s): Text

   What are the hopes and dreams of students from around the world? Read their poems and find out!

9. The Rio–Warsaw Connection: Encouraging Interculturalism among Students

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   It all began in Norwich. As they do every year, teachers from different parts of the world went in July 2012 to that beautiful little city in the east of England to take part in one of the two-week professional development courses offered by the Norwich Institute for Language Education (NILE).

10. Article with Activity: Barack Obama is Reelected

    In: VOA Articles with Activities Format(s): Website

    Activities for learning English. Listen to the article and read along. Then test your vocabulary with activities and exercises.

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