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1. Content Spotlight: New Year's Resolutions

   Learn about New Year's Resolutions and download a resolutions game to play.

2. Content Spotlight: National Poetry Month

   Activities and lesson plans on the topic of poetry for National Poetry Month

3. National Poetry Month Celebration

   In celebration of National Poetry Month, we want to see your poems! Write your original poems and send them to us. We will compile all appropriate poems and feature them on the American English website and the American English App for feature phones. We’ve already seen just how creative you can be with “Access is…” and “Trace Travels”, so we’re expecting great things!

4. World Oceans Day Lesson Plan

   A classroom activity and lesson plan for World Oceans Day, June 8.

5. International Friendship Day Lesson Plan

   Activity and lesson plan for International Friendship Day

6. Content Spotlight: Summer Camp

   The weather is heating up and school is out in the United States—that means it is time for summer camp! Many kids and teens across the country participate in summer camps, which combine hands-on learning activities, art and music projects, sports, and teamwork games. Get ready to bring some bring some summer camp fun into your English language classroom!

7. Content Spotlight: International Games Day

   Get ready to play…and learn! On November 15th, people will play games in libraries and classrooms around the world to celebrate International Games Day. This global event emphasizes how games are both fun and beneficial for people of all ages. Use these gaming ideas and resources to help English language learners experience the power of play!

8. International Volunteer Day Activity

   Classroom actvitity and lesson plan for International Volunteer Day

9. About Us

   American English is a resource center for teaching and learning about American English language and culture. This website provides a variety of engaging materials and resources for teachers' professional development and for students in the classroom.

10. Learning about other Cultures through the Teaching of English

    As Fethi Çimen looked out the airplane window at Lake Michigan before joining the Engaging M@terials for Global English Summer Workshop he was both excited and exhausted. The joint project by the U.S. Department of State and Iowa State University (ISU) would be a platform for teachers, teacher trainers, and academics from 13 countries to discuss, collaborate, produce, and share our understanding of materials development and technology for English language teaching.

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