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STEAM-Powered Instruction: Practical Approaches for ELT Educators

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

This session, "STEAM-Powered Instruction: Practical Approaches for ELT Educators," shares how experiential STEAM-related instruction can develop students’ 21st-century skills while they use the target language and have fun!

NASA Classroom

Format(s): Website

The National Aeronautic and Space Association provides graded instruction and teaching materials. Its Digital Learning Network provides free interactive lessons with videos and live webinars.

Authentic Video in the Beginning ESOL Classroom: Using a Full-Length Feature Film for Listening and Speaking Strategy Practice

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

Using film in the classroom can be effective with beginning English learners. A full-length film offers continuous context to discuss humor, culture, and language functions, real-life communication with images and non-verbal cues, increased retention due to activating the right hemisphere of the brain, and the lowering of students’ affective filters. The authors include a lesson based on their experience teaching listening and speaking skills using the movie “What about Bob.” Assessment techniques and potential problems are considered.

Using Guided, Corpus-Aided Discovery to Generate Active Learning

In: English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 4 Format(s): Text

This article shows how English teachers can provide careful guidance for students to use a corpus to research, discover, and reflect on the grammatical and sociolinguistic aspects of English. The author introduces the idea of using a corpus in teaching English and offers several important online resources for English language corpora. The author provides a rationale for corpus-based teaching and gives two examples of how to guide students in exploring linguistic features of English.

Children’s Web Portal

Format(s): Video, Website

The official kids’ portal for the student and teacher pages of various U.S. Government agencies.

Creating Meaningful Web Pages: A Project-Based Course

In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 3 Format(s): Text

This article describes a nine-week course in Web design that can guide students in the production of an electronic project. It discusses the importance of project-based courses in language teaching since they offer learners an opportunity to be creative, control their own learning, and produce something tangible. The article addresses the benefits and difficulties of teaching such a course.

Hickory Dickory Dock

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 introduces students to numbers. Poster included.

Classroom Techniques: Some Communicative Activities Based on Overhead Projectors

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

This article offers sample activities that use an overhead projector. These activities encourage students to use the target language while recalling information they have already learned. Activities include making shapes on the projector for discussion, manipulating objects to practice prepositions, and creating dialogues.

Chapter 6: Developing Cultural Understanding

In: Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Peace Education Format(s): Text

This chapter in the Peace Education volume of the Language and Civil Society e-journal provides students with knowledge and activities to enhance their awareness of cultural patterns among the different cultures of the world.

Chapter 9: Expressions of Peace