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1. The Color Vowel Chart

   Format(s): Text, Video, Website

   This is a powerful tool for teaching spoken English. It helps teachers incorporate pronunciation into lessons. Check out the chart, the teacher’s guide, and the webinar on how to teach with The Color Vowel Chart.

2. Stronger and Stronger

   In: American Rhythms Format(s): MP3

   Part of an award-winning album, this is a song about believing in yourself and about fighting to reach your full potential. Hear the beautiful sounds of the slack key guitar, which is commonly used in Hawaiian music.

3. Other Poems

   In: Poetry Format(s): Text

   Do you like surprises? Read a poem from this month’s selection of poems by English language learners. These poems are not categorized by theme or topic, so choose a poem and enjoy the surprise of where it takes you!

4. The Lighter Side

   In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This activity has students fill in the blanks of a sentence with two words that sound the same but are spelled differently with different meanings (heterographs).

5. The Law of Life

   In: To Build a Fire and Other Stories Format(s): Text

   In this story from To Build a Fire and Other Stories, an old and blind Alaskan Native man listens to the sounds of his tribe preparing to migrate to find food and thinks about the law of life: all things must die.

6. Poems About Identity and Self

   In: Poetry Format(s): Text

   Are you a poet looking for inspiration? Check out these poems about identity written by learners from around the world!

7. El Paso

   In: American Rhythms Format(s): MP3, Text

   In the song El Paso, folk/indie singer, songwriter and internet sensation Danielle “Ate the Sandwich” Anderson thinks back on the experiences she had in El Paso. Listen online or download the MP3.

8. Poems About Nature

   In: Poetry Format(s): Text

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

9. Vocabulary Listening Cloze and Word Stress Chart with "Into The Garden"

   In: Teacher's Corner: Listening Format(s): MP3, Text

   This listening activity uses an audio clip from Zach Ladin's “Into the Garden,” a song from Sing Out Loud: American Rhythms.

10. Localvore

    In: American Rhythms Format(s): MP3, Text

    In the folk song Localvore, Zach Ladin sings about supporting local foods, businesses, and communities. Download the MP3 or listen online.

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