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1. Teacher Resources

   In: English Teaching Forum 2004, Volume 42, Issue 1 Format(s): Text

   In this special section of Forum, four commercial publications are presented. Topics include techniques to help middle school students with reading, student involvement and choice; an introduction to the concept of genre (of interest to ESL teachers, writing teachers, etc., including genre-based assessment and the importance of audience in writing); the use of literature circles with elementary learners to foster discussion and love of literature; and a book of EFL methodology.

2. Planning a Professional Development Workshop

   In: Teacher's Corner: Professional Development for Teacher Trainers Format(s): Text

   Teacher training and professional development opportunities do not need to be complicated or expensive.

3. My Classroom: Tanzania

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Learn how teacher Catherine Njau manages a busy schedule to provide her students with English skills and a school environment that is conducive to success.

4. Developing Teacher Leadership Skills

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

   This session, "Developing Teacher Leadership Skills: Instructional Coaching Techniques for English as a Foreign Language Educators," describes how a school can build capacity for serving English learners.

5. Week 1 - Thinking Critically about News

   In: Teacher's Corner: Media Literacy Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner will focus on starting a discussion in your classroom about the importance of thinking critically about the news.

6. Co-Teaching: Strategies for Sharing and Improving the Teaching Experience

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Website

   Co-Teaching: Strategies for Sharing and Improving the Teaching Experience will discuss what is needed for a successful educational partnership. Several co-teaching models will be presented along with ideas for practical classroom applications.

7. Teaching Techniques: Critiquing Questions

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

   Question formation is a basic part of teaching and learning English. However, we often focus on the ability to form the question properly and not as much on the quality of the information the question is seeking.

8. The Lighter Side: Small Talk

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

   “Small talk” refers to short, friendly conversations about topics that are not serious.

9. Teaching Techniques: Human Mind Maps

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Teaching Techniques give English teachers the opportunity to share successful classroom practices.

10. Week 4: Scaffolding Part Two: Supporting Language Production

    In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Beginners Format(s): Text

    Sometimes the only opportunity our students have to use the language they are learning is when they are in the language classroom.

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