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1. Trend 2 - Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

   In: Teacher's Corner: Education Trends and Issues in the World Today Format(s): Text

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we will explore a variety of Internet-based tools that can be used in the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) classroom.

2. Poems About Education

   In: Poetry Format(s): Text

   Read poems that students from around the world wrote about their schools, teachers, and education. Download student poems!

3. Over-Tourism

   In: Teacher's Corner: Travel and Tourism Format(s): Text

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner explores the world of travel and tourism. With travel becoming easier and cheaper all around the world, people who live in popular tourist locations have begun to ask if too much tourism can be a problem. In this week’s activity, students will debate the positives and negatives of tourism.

4. Profits or Preservation?

   In: Teacher's Corner: Integrating Global Affairs into Your English Lessons Format(s): Text

   Using role-plays in your English language classroom is a great way to get students talking. In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students role-play a scenario about deforestation.

5. Week 3 - Engineering: A Career For All

   In: Teacher's Corner: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Format(s): Text

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students learn about the work of women in engineering and math by researching and giving a presentation.

6. Picture Comparisons

   In: Teacher's Corner: Comparatives and Superlatives - Adjectives Format(s): Text

   This week's Teacher's Corner activity features the use of pictures to encourage speaking and writing practice while using comparative adjectives.

7. Week 2 - Current Events: Regional Reporters

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

   After her life-changing experience on the 2012 IVLP, A New Beginning: Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, Riham Awad started a volunteer mentor program that is creating a wave of young entrepreneurs in Egypt.

8. Using Authentic Materials to Develop Vocabulary

   In: Teacher's Corner – Teaching with Authentic Materials Format(s): Text

   This week will present ideas about how to use authentic materials to develop students’ English vocabulary through exposure to and interaction with new words.

9. 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.

10. 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.

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