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1. The Lighter Side: Fifty, More or Less

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This puzzle commemorates the 50th anniversary of the English Language Fellow Program and lets readers test their knowledge of whether each clue refers to something that is more than 50, less than 50, or exactly 50.

2. The Tonight Show Vocabulary-Review Games

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   These vocabulary-review games, based on games seen on the television program The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, give students a chance to review vocabulary while exercising their creativity and having fun.

3. The Rio–Warsaw Connection: Encouraging Interculturalism among Students

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   It all began in Norwich. As they do every year, teachers from different parts of the world went in July 2012 to that beautiful little city in the east of England to take part in one of the two-week professional development courses offered by the Norwich Institute for Language Education (NILE).

4. Reader's Guide

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This guide is designed to enrich your reading of the articles in this issue. You may choose to read them on your own, taking notes or jotting down answers to the discussion questions below.

5. Developing Pragmatic Competence in the EFL Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2004, Volume 42, Issue 3 Format(s): Text

   Pragmatic competence is an important part of communicative competence, yet it is often insufficiently addressed. This article outlines a program of four lessons on the speech acts of openings and closings. Lessons examine dialogues for cultural differences regarding forms of address, abruptness, expected responses, and so on. Students also consider pre-closing phrases, ways to express politeness, and formality. Finally, students expand an artificial dialogue to make it more realistic. Activities include translation, pair work, creative writing, class discussion, and role play.

6. Try This: All in the Family Photo

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This activity can build community and relationships in the classroom.

7. Try This: Luck of the Draw (Pragmatics)

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This activity will allow students to practice using greetings by creating a brief skit.

8. A Ten-Step Process for Developing Teaching Units

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Curriculum design and implementation can be a daunting process. Questions quickly arise, such as who is qualified to design the curriculum and how do these people begin the design process.

9. Book Clubs as a Tool for Community Building and Language Enhancement

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   The author uses her own experience starting and facilitating a book club to give advice to others interested in creating a book club in their schools or communities.

10. Service Learning and Community Engagement for English Classes

    In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 3 Format(s): Text

    The author uses her own experience with using service learning to give advice to others interested in creating and making use of service-learning projects in their own schools and communities.

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