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1. The LIghter Side of TEFL: Limericks

   In: The Lighter Side of TEFL, Volume 1 Format(s): Text

   This section of The Lighter Side of TEFL focuses on limericks, which are light, nonsensical verses of five lines in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other and the third and fourth lines, shorter in form, make up a rhymed couplet.

2. The Lighter Side of TEFL: Jokes and Riddles

   In: The Lighter Side of TEFL, Volume 1 Format(s): Text

   This section of The Lighter Side of TEFL focuses on jokes and riddles, which play with language and make people laugh at the same time. This section has an audio component.

3. The Lighter Side of TEFL: Folk Wisdom

   In: The Lighter Side of TEFL, Volume 1 Format(s): Text

   This section of The Lighter Side of TEFL focuses on folk wisdom from different cultures around the world. This section has an audio component.

4. Are You Sleeping?

   In: Sing Out Loud Children's Songs Format(s): MP3, Text, Image / Poster / Maps

   This song in the Sing Out Loud Children's Songs collection is a translation of the traditional French nursery rhyme. Poster included.

5. Merriam-Webster's Pocket Dictionary

   Format(s): Text

   The Merriam-Webster's Pocket Dictionary is a concise yet comprehensive guide packed with information about the words most commonly used in speech and writing.

6. The Lighter Side

   In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This is a word game. It presents three phrases, and challenges the student to make as many words as possible using the letters in the given phrases.

7. 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.

8. The Lighter Side

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

   “Coin Toss” provides clues and asks learners to unscramble words to find the answers.

9. The Lighter Side

   In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This “Weather Word Search” gives learners practice with weather-related vocabulary.

10. The Lighter Side: Tenpins

    In: English Teaching Forum 2011, Volume 49, Number 4 Format(s): Text

    “Tenpins” is a bowling-themed activity that requires learners to finish ten words that include the letters “ten."

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