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1. Fostering Student Motivation: Reflection and Self-Assessment with "I Can" Checklists

   In: Teacher's Corner: Fostering Student Motivation Format(s): Text

   This week's teaching tip illustrates how to use an objectives-based checklist that asks students to reflect on and assess their progress.

2. Information Gaps: Mingle Activities

   In: Teacher's Corner: Speaking - Information Gap Activities Format(s): Text

   A mingle activity is another variation of an information gap activity. This week’s Teacher’s Corner outlines an excellent student-centered, communicative mingle activity to use in your classroom.

3. Reader’s Guide

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This guide is designed to enrich your reading of the articles in this issue. You may choose to read them on your own, taking notes or jotting down answers to the discussion questions below. Or you may use the guide to explore the articles with colleagues.

4. Activities to Support Students’ Out-of-Class Reading

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Teaching Technique gives suggestions for supporting students’ reading outside the classroom.

5. Using Graphic Organizers to Promote Students’ Academic Language Production

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

   This session introduces the graphic organizer as a tool to help students understand difficult concepts and produce related, meaningful academic English.

6. On How Thinking Shapes Speaking: Techniques to Enhance Students’

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   The institution where we work in Buenos Aires—Asociación Ex Alumnos del Profesorado en Lenguas Vivas “Juan Ramón Fernández” (AEXALEVI)—is devoted to the teaching of foreign languages, particularly English, and it administers examinations all over Argentina.

7. No Books and 150 Students?

   In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article describes the author’s experiences coping with the challenges of teaching English in an Indonesian university, such as classroom conditions and large numbers of students at different proficiency levels. The author suggests five activities that are designed to involve students in learning with little dependence on materials and little movement. The author also describes three out-of-class activities. Appendices include materials for the activities and additional references.

8. Encouraging Learners to Create Language-Learning Materials

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

   Student-produced materials are a powerful tool for promoting learner autonomy.

9. Involving Students in Classroom Routines and Processes

   In: Teacher's Corner: Classroom Management Format(s): Text

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, you are encouraged to think about what you do to involve students using the suggestions in the

10. Engaging Students as Tutors, Trainers, and Leaders

    In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 2 Format(s): Text

    While starting a tutoring program may seem like a daunting and time-consuming task, it does not have to be. The best way to approach the creation and development of a tutoring service is with a list of clear objectives. In this article, I describe the process I used to create a tutoring program with my English as a foreign language university students.

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