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1. The Autobiography of Mark Twain

   Format(s): Text

   The Autobiography of Mark Twain is an adaptation of Twain’s autobiography. Part of the Ladder series, this title has approximately three thousand headwords and is appropriate for upper intermediate to advanced learners.

2. Engaging Students as Tutors, Trainers, and Leaders

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   While starting a tutoring program may seem like a daunting and time-consuming task, it does not have to be. The best way to approach the creation and development of a tutoring service is with a list of clear objectives. In this article, I describe the process I used to create a tutoring program with my English as a foreign language university students.

3. Building Your PLN Through Professional Support Networks and Associations

   In: Teacher's Corner: Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner will look at how involvement in professional support networks and associations can contribute to your personal learning network.

4. How Many Words is a Picture Worth?

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

   The phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” indicates that a complex idea can be communicated by a single image.

5. Teaching Techniques: Beat the Clock

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

   This original technique, “Beat the Clock,” encourages students to speak in English and increase their oral proficiency at the same time.

6. Week 4 - List and Mingle with Mixed Grammar Skills

   In: Teacher's Corner: Grammar Games Format(s): Text

   Review a variety of grammatical concepts with the games presented in this week’s Teacher’s Corner.

7. Week 3 - Conducting a Swot Analysis

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

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students work together to conduct an analysis of a company’s strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

8. Week 2 - Collaboration and Movement Using Four Corners

   Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner offers a lesson that uses Four Corners to promote collaboration and encourage movement to keep class lively and active. In groups, students will be assigned a grammar point and work together to prepare an activity to teach the grammar point to each other.

9. Business Start Up

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

   This week, students will have the opportunity to practice communicating business ideas to the rest of class by creating a start-up business.

10. Universal Design as a Tool to promote inclusivity in the Language Classroom

    In: Teacher's Corner: Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities Format(s): Text

    This month in Teacher’s Corner, we talk about designing lessons and activities so that students of all abilities can participate and learn in ways that work best for them.

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