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1. Center for Applied Linguistics

   Format(s): Text, Website, Image / Poster / Maps

   The Center for Applied Linguistics offers everything from information on immersion programs to the newest research and guidance on best practices for teachers. Visit regularly to keep up to date on research-based strategies and practical hands-on tools to help develop effective classroom activities.

2. Maintaining Your Virtual Personal Learning Network

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

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner addresses a few common concerns related to maintaining a large personal learning network.

3. Hunter

   In: American Teens Talk! Format(s): MP3, Text

   Hunter plays the drums and ukulele, and in this interview, he talks about music and going to Puerto Rico.

4. Week 3 - Thinking About Intercultural Interactions (Part 3)

   In: Integrating Critical Thinking Into The Exploration Of Culture Format(s): Text

   So far this month in the Teacher’s Corner, students have had a chance to adopt characteristics of a fictional culture group, plan and perform skits, and observe and describe culture groups other than those they were assigned. Through critical thinking, reflection, and discussion, these activities have helped students recognize that culture includes more than just food, clothing, and celebrations.

5. Teaching Spoken English with The Color Vowel Chart

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

   A webinar to complement The Color Vowel Chart, a pronunciation tool for teaching and learning English.

6. Practical Activities for Balanced Listening Instruction

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

   This webinar will introduce activities to develop students' listening skills in all of these areas; these activities can make your listening instruction both easier and more effective.

7. Sing Out Loud! Wordplay: 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!

8. American English Webinars

   Format(s): Text, Video

   The American English Webinar and Facebook Live sessions are hosted by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of English Language Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

9. FORUM City Poster Show (Set 1, 12 posters - Full Set)

   Format(s): Text

   These poster sets are a great, flexible classroom resource for information and discussion—each set of three posters corresponds to a city spotlighted in Forum vol. 46 and the feature article about that city, available online.

10. Listen Up! Using Audio Books for English Teaching

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

    "Listen Up! Using Audio Books for English Teaching" features a webinar recording, a downloadable presentation, and classic American literature like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, along with additional resources.

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