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1. Bright Ideas: A Teacher’s Resource Manual

   Format(s): Text

   Bright Ideas: A Teacher’s Resource Manual offers twenty-six practical teaching strategies and techniques that originally appeared in Ideas Plus, a special series of publications produced by the National Council of Teachers of English.

2. Integrating Language Skills through a Dictogloss Procedure

   In: English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   The co-authors of this article present interactive and student-centered dictogloss activities as alternatives to dictation exercises.

3. Proverbs & Quotables: Using Very Short Texts in Language Learning

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

   This webinar demonstrates why and how to use short texts in the language classroom. Discover the usefulness of proverbs and actively take part in a range of activities based on very short texts. Watch the online webinar recording and or download the presentation.

4. Unleashing Your True Teaching Power: Interaction in Online Learning Environments

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): E-book, MP3, Text, Video, Website

   This session, "Unleashing Your True Teaching Power: Interaction in Online Learning Environments," demonstrates how to engage learners in online environments by transforming traditional classroom tools.

5. Teaching Weak Forms

   In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This article describes a pronunciation concept referred to as the weak form, a compression of sounds used to keep the rhythm of spoken English. The author uses the word “that” as an example. Stressing or not stressing the word “that” when reading aloud the sentence “John thinks that man is evil” changes the meaning. Reading “that” as unstressed is an example of the weak form. The author provides examples of how to teach the weak form to provide students with better spoken English and better comprehension.

6. Lesson Plan: A Letter from Miami: A Telenovela

   In: English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This lesson plan contains four activities that can prepare students for the final activity of creating a video or a play. There are also two optional activities to help students learn grammar, and a fact sheet about Miami.

7. In the Mood: Introducing Pragmatic Awareness at Low Levels

   In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text, Website

   This lesson in Teaching Pragmatics focuses on raising pragmatic awareness in students using the concept of "mood."

8. The Alphabet Song

   In: Sing Out Loud Children's Songs Format(s): MP3, Text, Image / Poster / Maps

   The Alphabet Song teaches the English language alphabet. Poster included.

9. Over the River and Through the Woods

   In: Sing Out Loud Children's Songs Format(s): MP3, Text, Image / Poster / Maps

   A popular song during American holidays, particularly Thanksgiving. Poster included.

10. I'm a Little Teapot

    In: Sing Out Loud Children's Songs Format(s): MP3, Text, Image / Poster / Maps

    This song describes a teapot and how it works. Poster included.

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