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1. Maps and Legends

   In: English Teaching Forum 2004, Volume 42, Issue 2 Format(s): Text

   The author of this student-directed reading, Michael Chabon, shares his experience as a pioneer of the Columbia Experiment. Columbia’s renewal was the dream of James Rouse, who put together a team of city planners to design a lovely, convenient, modern city where races lived together in harmony. Chabon writes about the impact of living with the dream and vision of the city’s development. Since the late 1960s, Columbia has grown from a few thousand people to the second largest city in Maryland.

2. Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Civic Education

   Format(s): Text

   The content in each volume of this e-journal is related to an aspect of building or maintaining a Civil Society - topics that affect students' personal or professional lives on a daily basis. The topic of this volume is civic education. Through the exploration of topics related to civic education, language teachers can help their students master English and simultaneously become more knowledgeable citizens of the world.

3. Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Environmental Education

   Format(s): Text

   The content in each volume of this e-journal is related to an aspect of building or maintaining a Civil Society - topics that affect students' personal or professional lives on a daily basis. The topic of this volume is environmental education.

4. Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Peace Education

   Format(s): Text

   The content in each volume of this e-journal is related to an aspect of building or maintaing a Civil Society - topics that affect students' personal or professional lives on a daily basis. The topic of this volume is peace education.

5. Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Business Ethics

   Format(s): Text

   The content in each volume of this e-journal is related to an aspect of building or maintaining a Civil Society - topics that affect students' personal or professional lives on a daily basis. The topic of this volume is business ethics as it relates to human rights, fairness, and justice.

6. Word Bricks- Parts of Speech

   In: Activate: Games for Learning American English - Word Bricks Format(s): Text

   In Part of Speech, teacher gives the players a specific pattern to use, and their sentences must follow this pattern. Students use Word Bricks to build sentences individually, in pairs, or in small groups. This activity is great for lower proficiency level students, as it provides scaffolding to help students generate a correct sentence.

7. Spot the Problem!

   In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text

   This lesson aims to discuss and raise students’ awareness of pragmatic violations.

8. The Lighter Side

   In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This quiz tests students’ knowledge of idioms related to cars and driving.

9. Graduation

   In: Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A. Format(s): Text

   Graduation ceremonies celebrate the completion of one part of a person's education.

10. Strategy-Building and Meaning-Focused Listening with “The Fall of the House of Usher”

    In: Teacher's Corner: Listening Format(s): Text

    The activity is designed to develop students’ listening strategies and also includes meaning-focused aspects. 

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