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1. Making Listening Fun

   In: Teacher's Corner: Making Learning Fun Format(s): Text

   Listening is an important skill for English language learners to master. This week’s Teacher’s Corner will look at some easy ideas to make listening activities fun!

2. Teaching Self-Regulation Strategies to Language Learners

   In: Teacher's Corner: Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities Format(s): Text

   Since the late 1980s, second language researchers and cognitive scientists have investigated the role of strategies in learning a language.

3. “What would you do if…?” Making Plans to Deal with Difficult Situations

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

   In this activity, students will practice or review how to use conditionals to discuss plans to get out of tricky situations. This conditional form used for this language function is called the unreal future conditional or the second conditional.

4. Reader's Guide

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This guide is designed to enrich your reading of the articles in this issue.

5. More Prepositions of Time: For, While, During, and Since

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

   Use the fun activities in this week’s Teacher’s Corner to get students to practice using the prepositions for, while, during, and since to talk about time.

6. Activity 1 - Exit Tickets

   In: Teacher's Corner: Making Meaningful Assessments Format(s): Text

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner focuses on making and designing meaningful assessments to use in the English language classroom. This week, we show you an easy way to check in on your students’ learning and progress using “exit tickets.”

7. Activity 2 - Diagnostic Assessment

   In: Teacher's Corner: Making Meaningful Assessments Format(s): E-book

   Diagnostic assessments can help us recognize and identify what our students’ language learning needs are much earlier in a course. Learn all about diagnostic assessments in the Teacher’s Corner this week.

8. Week 1 - Technology for Pronunciation

   In: Teacher's Corner: Technology Tools for Students and Teachers Format(s): Text

   This week, check out some great online pronunciation tools.

9. Small Talks: Daily Speaking Practice for Vocabulary and Grammar Mastery

   In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This is a step-by-step guide to helping students review recently learned vocabulary and grammar through quick, focused conversations with classmates at the beginning of class. Variations and suggestions for extending the activity are included.

10. Strategies to Support Comprehension in Early Literacy

    In: Teacher's Corner: Literacy Development for True Beginners Format(s): Text

    Focusing on comprehension with beginner-level students can seem challenging. When students are just beginning to learn how to read, it can feel overwhelming to add comprehension activities.

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