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1. A Dozen Stories and Fables for Teacher Development

   In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This article discusses the use of stories and fables in teacher training programs. It provides a selection of 12 stories and fables the authors have used in pre-service and in-service teacher training workshops around the world. The article suggests a theme to connect each story to a teaching, training, or staff development situation.

2. English Grammar and Technical Writing

   Format(s): Text

   English Grammar and Technical Writing is a textbook for international students who are studying science, medicine, or technology.

3. U.S. Coins: Reminders of History and Heritage

   In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article describes the various US coins, the design, size, and history of coins, coin-making, the US mint, coin production, and the mottos that appear on coins. There is also a section on coin collecting as a hobby, a list of websites about coins, and a glossary of coin terms.

4. 20th-Century Humanism and 21st-Century Technology: A Match Made in Cyberspace

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article discusses the origins of humanistic methodology and presents four humanistic classroom activities in traditional formats and in 21st-Century adaptations that use chat rooms, Nings, and social media.

5. Canine Companions and Helpers

   In: English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This feature article highlights dog breeds that are popular in the United States and explores the health benefits and services that dogs provide to people. The article also discusses dog shows and dogs in popular culture.

6. Building Your Toolkit: Steps and Strategies for Teaching Academic Writing

   Format(s): Text, Video

   This webinar, Building Your Toolkit: Steps and Strategies for Teaching Academic Writing, provides participants with five specific steps and several strategies they can use in teaching academic writing in their own contexts.

7. Teacher Introduction Activity for Improving Rapport and Critical Thinking

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This article describes an innovative and fun way for you and your students to learn about one another and potentially create a healthy atmosphere for learning.

8. The Mystery Bag: Listening and Speaking Skills for Young Learners

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article describes a fun guessing game that involves objects in a “mystery bag” and gives learners practice with vocabulary and with asking and answering questions.

9. Activities to Activate and Maintain a Communicative Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2020, Volume 58, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   The author presents detailed descriptions of four highly communicative activities and offers options for each and criteria for evaluating these and other activities.

10. The Use of X and Other Creative Ways to Retell Events

    In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 1 Format(s): Text

    In this article, author Aljohn Francis Ruiz Flores presents a clever and easy-to-apply technique that helps students engage with texts they are reading in an enjoyable way: they show their comprehension by generating tweets (or posts or texts), using their own words to retell events and characters’ thoughts. The versatile technique allows students at all levels to be creative but can also be used as a check on student comprehension and even for assessment.

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