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1. Poetry Corner

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

   This issue’s “Poetry Corner” revolves around the poem “Coins” by Richard Newman. It includes a lesson plan for teaching students about American Coins, as well as a glossary of terms. Skills include vocabulary, reading, and discussion. The lesson works with the feature article entitled US Coins.

2. What Happened to Listening? Practical Tips for Increasing Listening Time in Your Classroom

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): MP3, Text, Video

   This webinar explores why listening sometimes gets short shrift in English classes and provides tips for bringing fun, low-preparation listening tasks to your lessons.

3. Developing a Bilingual Thematic Vocabulary Workbook

   In: English Teaching Forum 2020, Volume 58, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   The authors describe how to create—together with students—bilingual vocabulary workbooks, ideal in situations where resources are limited and as a supplement to existing materials. The article explains how to apply the process that was used to develop vocabulary workbooks in Madagascar.

4. Accommodating Learning Disabilities in the English Language Classroom

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

   This session, "Accommodating Learning Disabilities in the English Language Classroom," examines supportive instructional options, such as the inclusive classroom, universal design for learning, scaffolding, and peer-assisted learning strategies. Participants consider a variety of approaches that are beneficial for students with learning disabilities as well their non-disabled peers.

5. Integrating Tech Tools to Support Various Modalities of Second Language Development

   In: English Teaching Forum 2022, Volume 60, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The authors highlight tech tools that they have found particularly useful in supporting the language-learning objectives they set in their classroom. The article includes examples from a unit of study to illustrate how the tools can be linked to specific instructional goals and tasks.

6. The Lighter Side: The Happiness Puzzle

   In: English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   In this puzzle, your job is to unscramble groups of letters to spell things that happy people might do, then to fill in blanks to spell out things that make many people happy. After solving the puzzle, you are encouraged to think of your own puzzle items—or have your students create some and happily share with their classmates.

7. Greetings with a Difference

   In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text, Video, Website

   This lesson examines different ways of greeting people.

8. E-mail Requests

   In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text, Video, Website

   This lesson in Teaching Pragmatics aims to help students develop appropriate written request strategies.

9. Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

   Format(s): Website

   For kindergarten through high school curriculum. From the U.S. Government Printing Office.

10. THE LIGHTER SIDE Moving Around

    In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 1 Format(s): Text

    In this puzzle, search through a series of letters to find a path that spells out a sentence or phrase to match the given clue.

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