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1. Save the Planet and Cultural Traditions While Teaching English

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

   This session, "Save the Planet and Cultural Traditions While Teaching English," examines how environmental education can be integrated in ELT, explores TESOL educators’ readiness to teach this topic, and shares strategies to help students identify meaningful local environmental issues.

2. My Classroom: Slovenia

   In: English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Damir Soldat teaches English in Slovenia, not far from the borders with Croatia and Hungary, and he takes advantage of his region’s multilingualism in his teaching. Author Edwin Harris describes Damir’s approach to teaching in this unique environment and shows how Damir incorporates creativity, resourcefulness, and music—other singers’ and his own—to foster “culture exchange in his small town to help kids achieve their dreams in whatever language they need.”

3. Cross-Cultural Competence in the Business English Classroom

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

   This webinar, "Cross-Cultural Competence in the Business English Classroom," will explore strategies to help your students engage more effectively with their business counterparts from all over the world.

4. "A Day in the Life Of … : A Drama-Based Activity"

   In: English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Try This

5. Preparing Future Teachers by Using Case Studies from Essays and Fiction

   In: English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Reflections

6. The Vocabulary Wheel: A Low-Resource Activity for Enhancing Vocabulary Acquisition and Retention

   In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This article, by Anestin Lum Chi, offers detailed instructions for making vocabulary wheels and using them in various ways for extended practice with targeted vocabulary. Students can make and use the wheels, and the wheels can be customized and saved for future classes. The wheels are ideal for all language levels and for all contexts, including those with limited resources. No internet connectivity is required.

7. Going Beyond “The Lighter Side” Puzzles for English Language Practice

   In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Author Tom Glass describes multiple ways that teachers can use and adapt “The Lighter Side” puzzles, found in all issues of English Teaching Forum, to give students extended language practice by solving puzzles and creating new puzzles of their own. The article includes examples from puzzles that teachers can find and download (for free) on the American English website.

8. My Classroom: Zanzibar

   In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Learn how Muhaymina Omar and her students on Unguja, one of the two main islands in Tanzania’s Zanzibar Archipelago, have come together in regular classes and in a special Saturday class to study English, collaborate to solve problems, and learn about themselves and the world around them.

9. Teaching Techniques: Using the Power of Language to Foster Community

   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. Discovering Grammar with Consciousness-Raising Tasks

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

    Introduces consciousness-raising task (CR tasks), which encourage students to notice characteristics and patterns related to form, meaning, and/or use while actively exploring the target grammar feature.

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