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1. Teacher's Corner: Comic Books for Learning

   Format(s): Text

   Comic books are a pleasure to read, but they can also be a great resource in the English classroom!

2. Teacher's Corner: Teaching Grammar for Communicative Competence

   Format(s): Text

   This month in Teacher’s Corner, we look at how to teach grammar in ways that help students to build their communicative competence. A communicative grammar lesson gives students the opportunity to practice the target grammar item through specific communicative tasks and activities.This month’s article is filled with ideas and resources to help students use the language they are learning.

3. Teaching Techniques: Teaching Descriptive Writing through Visualization and the Five Senses

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

   This technique could be useful for teachers in a variety of EFL teaching contexts, from primary school to university, and can be used with a wide range of texts that are particularly vivid and that stimulate the senses.

4. Fully Online Courses

   In: Teacher's Corner: Online Learning Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner highlights a few options we can use to work with students in the online learning space. We will discuss options for MOOCs (massive open online courses) and for building your own online courses.

5. Multi-Level Classes Part One: Differentiating Instruction with Learning Stations

   In: Teacher's Corner: Common Challenges in the English Classroom Format(s): Text

   Teachers sometimes struggle with managing different level learners in one classroom. Learn how to set up learning stations to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of students from various levels.

6. Week 1 - Phrasal Verb Quiz Game

   In: Teacher's Corner: Phrasal Verbs Format(s): Text

   This week, try our Phrasal Verb Game in your classroom!

7. Week 1 - The Inverted Pyramid

   In: Teacher's Corner: Journalism Format(s): MP3

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students will work on understanding the parts of a news story. This week’s activity uses a graphic organizer about the inverted pyramid.

8. Week 1 - Building a Strong Classroom Community

   In: Teacher's Corner: Promoting Learner Engagement Format(s): Text

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we offer three suggestions to promote student-student relationships. You can use these in your own classrooms as you work toward greater student engagement.

9. Week 3 - Scaffolding Part One: Questions and Responses

   In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Beginners Format(s): Text

   Asking the right questions is an essential skill teachers need to help beginners succeed. This week, learn how!

10. Week 2 - Observing News Media

    In: Teacher's Corner: Media Literacy Format(s): Text

    This week, help students to generate observation questions to collect information about news sources.

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