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1. American English Webinars

   Format(s): Text, Video

   The American English Webinar and Facebook Live sessions are hosted by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of English Language Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

2. The Use of X and Other Creative Ways to Retell Events

   In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   In this article, author Aljohn Francis Ruiz Flores presents a clever and easy-to-apply technique that helps students engage with texts they are reading in an enjoyable way: they show their comprehension by generating tweets (or posts or texts), using their own words to retell events and characters’ thoughts. The versatile technique allows students at all levels to be creative but can also be used as a check on student comprehension and even for assessment.

3. Week 1 - The Inverted Pyramid

   In: Teacher's Corner: Journalism Format(s): MP3

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students will work on understanding the parts of a news story. This week’s activity uses a graphic organizer about the inverted pyramid.

4. Potential Models for the Service Component

   In: Teacher's Corner: Service Learning in the Language Classroom Format(s): Text

   This week’s installment will present possible types of projects for the community-service portion of the service-learning project.

5. Classroom Activities

   In: English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This section presents three stand-alone English language-learning activities related to dogs.

6. Week 1 - Responding to Job Interviews

   In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Business English and Entrepreneurship Format(s): Text

   In this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we present a series of activities that help students to develop their language skills in Business English. During week 1, students prepare for job interviews.

7. Week 2 - Reflecting on Hidden Cultural Rules (Part Two)

   In: Integrating Critical Thinking Into The Exploration Of Culture Format(s): Text

   This week, groups will perform skits as others observe and try to identify characteristics of imaginary culture groups.

8. Week 3 - What Happens Next?

   In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills Format(s): Text

   This week, use comics in your classroom to build both language and critical thinking skills.

9. Week 1 - Reflecting on Hidden Cultural Rules (Part One)

   In: Integrating Critical Thinking Into The Exploration Of Culture Format(s): Text, Video

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner encourages students to think critically about the unspoken rules and expectations of different cultures.

10. What To See in Town

    In: Teacher's Corner: Travel and Tourism Format(s): Text

    This week’s Teacher’s Corner provides students with the opportunity to practice using phrasal verbs in an activity about New York City.

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