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1. Teacher's Corner: Service Learning in the Language Classroom

   Format(s): Text

   In this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we’ll examine ways that you can incorporate Service Learning strategies to get your students involved with experiential learning! During week 1, students will brainstorm community issues that they can help solve.

2. National Endowment for the Arts

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

   Arts have an important place in American Culture. Visit the National Endowment for the Arts website to learn how national, state, and local governments in the U.S. partner with nonprofit agencies to provide quality arts programming throughout the country.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Week 3 - Engineering: A Career For All

   In: Teacher's Corner: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Format(s): Text

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students learn about the work of women in engineering and math by researching and giving a presentation.

6. 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.

7. Week 2 - Current Events: Regional Reporters

   In: Teacher's Corner: Building Global Citizens Format(s): Text

   After her life-changing experience on the 2012 IVLP, A New Beginning: Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, Riham Awad started a volunteer mentor program that is creating a wave of young entrepreneurs in Egypt.

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. Bella

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

   Bella talks about being a part of glee (a group of students who sing and dance to songs) at her school.

10. Amy

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

    Amy talks about school, her family’s Christmas tradition, and having a sleepover for her birthday.

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