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1. Teacher's Corner: Media Literacy

   Format(s): Text

   In this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we present a series of activities that help to develop students’ critical thinking and media literacy skills. This week, learn how to help students think about commonly used news sources and characteristics of high-quality news.

2. Week 4 - The Elevator Pitch

   In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Business English and Entrepreneurship Format(s): Text

   Show students how to develop and perform an elevator pitch for a company idea in this week’s Teacher’s Corner.

3. Supporting Comprehension and Developing Summative Tasks

   In: Teacher's Corner – Teaching with Authentic Materials Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner will discuss different strategies for helping students interact with authentic materials and understand their content.

4. Teacher's Corner: Adapting Materials for Students' Levels

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   Finding and choosing materials to use in classes can be a challenge. Teachers must take into account a number of things, including authenticity, the original source, the target language skill, and learners’ language levels and ages.

5. Enhancing Learner Motivation in the EFL Classroom

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

   This session, "Enhancing Learner Motivation in the EFL Classroom," addresses how to enhance our own motivation as teachers and then explore ways to enhance the motivation of our students. We will anchor the discussion on Dörnyei’s framework of motivational teaching practices.

6. Connecting to Learn: Growing Professionally through Teacher-to-Teacher Engagement

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

   This session, "Connecting to Learn: Growing Professionally through Teacher-to-Teacher Engagement," explores how connecting and conversing with peers can offer teachers great opportunities for professional growth.

7. English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 2

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   Find strategies for combining authentic materials, task-based learning, and reading stations … finding heterogeneity in cultural homogeneity … using peace education as a basis for writing about a peacemaker … using an asynchronous video app to stimulate oral interaction … starting with “place mats” and progressing to writing essays … and much more.

8. English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 4

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   Among the topics in this issue: helping students make connections between the texts they read and their lives … awareness of and use of inclusive language … improving English proficiency in professional training … describing objects in a fun, interactive way … practicing speaking through collaboration and scaffolding … a vibrant teacher and school in northern Senegal … and much more.

9. Poems About English and Access (1)

   In: Poetry Format(s): Text

   Read poems written by learners from around the world. The theme of these poems is English and Access Programs. Download the poems or read them online..

10. Activities for the Present Progressive: "I'm Standing on a Corner"

    In: Teacher's Corner: Progressive Form Format(s): Text

    In this week’s activity, students practice the present progressive while asking for directions.

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