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1. Maintaining Your Virtual Personal Learning Network

   In: Teacher's Corner: Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner addresses a few common concerns related to maintaining a large personal learning network.

2. 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.

3. Planning a Professional Development Workshop

   In: Teacher's Corner: Professional Development for Teacher Trainers Format(s): Text

   Teacher training and professional development opportunities do not need to be complicated or expensive.

4. Week 1 - Science: Protecting the Environment

   In: Teacher's Corner: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Format(s): Text

   Part of the growing interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education has been the push to make science and math more interesting and hands-on for students.

5. Adapting Songs for Beginning Learners

   In: Teacher's Corner: Adapting Materials for Students' Levels Format(s): Text

   During week 2 of this month’s Teacher’s Corner, learn a fun way to adapt a song activity for beginner-level students.

6. Week 2 - Current Events: Regional Reporters

   In: Teacher's Corner: Building Global Citizens Format(s): Text

   After her life-changing experience on the 2012 IVLP, A New Beginning: Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, Riham Awad started a volunteer mentor program that is creating a wave of young entrepreneurs in Egypt.

7. Week 2 - Cold Calling

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

   Instead of waiting for jobs to be advertised before contacting an employer, job seekers are using creative ways to make connections with potential employers.

8. Developing Sight Word Recognition and Vocabulary

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

   Texts written in English are made up of many of the same words. These words are called high-frequency words because they appear so often. Sometimes these words can be tricky for beginners because their spelling patterns may not follow typical English phonics rules.

9. Adapting a Reading for Advanced Learners to Focus on Vocabulary

   In: Teacher's Corner: Adapting Materials for Students' Levels Format(s): Text

   When adapting materials, some teachers might think only about how to make them more accessible for beginners or lower level students; however, materials can also be adapted to be more challenging to meet the needs of more advanced learners.

10. 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.

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