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1. Resources

   American English Resources provide materials for teachers' professional development and for students in the classroom. Find classroom activities, audiobooks, MP3s, videos and pedagogical material to assist in learning English as a second language.

2. Teacher Perspectives

   English language teachers share stories about their use of American English resources like webinars, videos, downloadable books, and English Teaching Forum magazine. Find out how these teachers have used these online materials to connect with students of all English language-learning levels.

3. Classroom Activities

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This section presents two stand-alone language-learning activities related to cars.

4. Folger Shakespeare Library

   Format(s): Website

   Home to the world's largest and finest collection of Shakespeare materials and to major collections of other rare Renaissance books, manuscripts, and works of art, the Folger serves a wide audience of researchers, visitors, teachers, students, families, and theater- and concert-goers.

5. Picture This

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Picture This Format(s): Text

   Picture This cards are a set of cards that can be used for a variety of conversation and word games in English classes. Picture This cards stimulate conversation through a series of thematically related questions and interesting images that engage students.

6. Picture This – Guess Which Challenge

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Picture This Format(s): Text

   In Guess Which Challenge, students create sentences that use one of the words on a Picture This card.

7. Activity: Environmental Conservation Jazz Chants

   Chants provide an excellent opportunity for campers or students to move around. Counselors or teachers can demonstrate clapping, foot stamping, finger snapping, or other movements that go with chanted words’ rhythmic patterns. Using movement with chants is fun and provides exercise, which can allow for better retention and learning.

8. Try This: Current Events

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Using news in the classroom keeps students aware of events happening in local, national, and international communities, and it promotes critical thinking. This activity helps students become more aware of issues and events in the news to motivate them to have further discussions with classmates, family, or members of the community.

9. Radio Drama for Speaking Practice

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Find ideas for having students create and perform original radio dramas in the classroom; the article includes tips for helping students read with emotion, use sound effects, and work collaboratively.

10. Using Movie Dubbing to Improve Natural English Pronunciation Skills

    In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 1 Format(s): Text

    The article describes ways that having students dub their own voices into English language movies can improve their pronunciation and intonation; the author presents a dubbing project that helps students focus on pronunciation in a way that is both challenging and enjoyable.

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