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1. Inquiry Notebooks for Twenty-First-Century Skill Development

   In: English Teaching Forum 2020, Volume 58, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   One way to incorporate inquiry-based learning and develop twenty-first-century skills is through inquiry notebooks. The article gives suggestions for using the notebooks in courses and provides a range of specific prompts designed to help learners think more critically and carefully over time.

2. Sing Out Loud Word Play: Music Resources for English Language Teachers

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

   This session, "Sing Out Loud! Wordplay: Music Resources for English Language Teachers," shares a new resource you can find on the American English website—diverse, music-based instructional materials that include free, downloadable audio tracks, videos, and classroom-ready activities. These low-prep activities are student-centered and fun for both teachers and learners!

3. Managing Volunteers in Language Teacher Associations

   In: English Teaching Forum 2022, Volume 60, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Author Nikki Ashcraft gives background information about language teacher associations (LTAs), then presents a detailed guide for managing volunteers, including analyzing needs, recruiting, matching volunteers with tasks, orienting and training, supervising and evaluating, and acknowledging volunteer contributions.

4. English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 4

   Format(s): Text

   Find suggestions for helping students counter disinformation … starting and operating an international academic writing center … collaborating online … using choice boards to motivate learners … preparing future teachers with case studies from essays and fiction … turning a “day in the life” task into a drama activity … and much more!

5. Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Working Together to Achieve Shared Goals

   In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Authors Lộc Thị Huỳnh Nguyễn and Fredricka L. Stoller share their own experiences as collaborators working together in person and on two distant continents, and they offer specific, detailed tips for others who are involved in cross-cultural collaborative projects or who may have the opportunity to collaborate in the future.

6. English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 3

   Format(s): Text

   Find detailed tips for successful cross-cultural collaboration … a methodological framework for using pop songs productively … suggestions for giving effective instructions in the classroom … an inside look at teaching in Zanzibar … an integrated-skills activity using pictures … and much more.

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

   Format(s): Text

   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.

8. My Classroom: Senegal

   In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Author Dawn Rogier describes how Cheikh Amadou Tidiane Niang incorporates the local culture into his lessons at the remote CEM Gaoudé Boffé school and in activities by the English club he has started. The article gives insights into efforts by the school and the students to increase awareness of the value of education for both males and females.

9. Reading Logs: Integrating Extensive Reading with Writing Tasks

   In: English Teaching Forum 2011, Volume 49, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article informs instructors about blending reading logs into writing tasks. Several benefits are discussed, including clarifying objectives of reading and providing opportunities to respond to reading, building critical literacy, and monitoring student progress. The article describes how to develop an extensive reading project for advanced students that includes both comprehension and vocabulary strategies. Details include how to structure and format the reading logs as well as assessment procedures.

10. The Relevance of Literary Analysis to Teaching Literature in the EFL Classroom

    In: English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 3 Format(s): Text

    This article presents a review of six approaches to teaching literature based on the author's and his colleagues' experience. It looks at the theoretical bases of these six approaches and discusses the pros and cons of using literature in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. The six approaches are evaluated based on the core principles of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). This article discusses the benefits of combining literary works with communicative activities and student motivation.

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