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1. Making Writing Fun

   In: Teacher's Corner: Making Learning Fun Format(s): Text

   Get creative with this week’s Teacher’s Corner! This activity is a fun way to encourage students to write in English.

2. Prepositions of Movement

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

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner includes a fun treasure hunt activity during which students practice prepositions of movement.

3. Writing and Acting to Review

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

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we’ll show you how to combine a review lesson with the fun and creativity of writing and acting out short plays.

4. Reported Speech - Trace Effects

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

   Many students like learning games, and you can use them for teaching English. This week’s Teacher’s Corner shows you how to use the game Trace Effects with your students to practice reported speech.

5. Week 1 - Job Fair

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

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students will explore the world of employment by taking part in a job fair. Job fairs provide employers the opportunity to teach people about the work they do.

6. Week 4 - Using Skype in the Classroom

   In: Teacher's Corner: Building Global Citizens Format(s): Text

   There are many ways to use online video conferencing to bring the world to your classroom. This week’s Teacher’s Corner shows you how!

7. Adapting Songs for Beginning Learners

   In: Teacher's Corner: Adapting Materials for Students' Levels Format(s): Text

   During week 2 of this month’s Teacher’s Corner, learn a fun way to adapt a song activity for beginner-level students.

8. Generating Ideas for a Service Learning Project

   In: Teacher's Corner: Service Learning in the Language Classroom Format(s): Text

   Every community has its own set of successes and challenges. Where you live, the needs of your local community, and the interests of your students will determine the focus of your service-learning project.

9. Practical Tips for Increasing Listening Practice Time

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article help teachers of English reconsider how to think about listening tasks. It provides guidance for increasing classroom listening practice through short, dedicated tasks, with an emphasis on the practical business of setting up and “class-managing” listening activities in order to give students more practice.

10. Teacher's Corner: Engaging English Language Learners with New Forms of Literacy

    Format(s): Text

    In the 21st century, our students have to know how to read and communicate using more than just words on paper or a computer screen. Communication takes many forms, and our classroom teaching will benefit by bringing in these new forms of communication. April’s Teacher’s Corner looks at several new literacies: instant messaging, comics and graphic novels, short-form videos, and podcasting. We explore what these forms are and how we can use them in the classroom to help students develop their language skills and to solve problems in an ever-changing world of communication.

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