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1. Reading Activities for Effective Top-down Processing

   In: English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Reading Activities for Effective Top-down Processing is an article in volume 39, issue 1 of English Teaching Forum, a quarterly journal published by the U.S. Department of State for teachers of English as a foreign or second language.

2. Reader's Guide

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This guide is designed to enrich your reading of the articles in this Forum issue.

3. Creating Cartoons: A Learner-Centered Approach to Comprehending Texts

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This article carefully describes the technique of having learners create cartoons based on a reading passage to explore their understanding of the passage and to help teachers reflect on what the learners comprehended.

4. English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 3

   Format(s): Text

   Read this issue to learn how to build grit, give clear instructions, and make service learning work for you, your students, and your community.

5. Identifying and Building Grit in Language Learners

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Grit can be described as a strength of character, or the personal quality of courage and resolve. In this article, the author explains how having “grit” is beneficial for language learners and gives detailed suggestions that teachers can follow to build grit in their students.

6. My Classroom: Madagascar

   In: English Teaching Forum 2020, Volume 58, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Learn how teachers Niry Razafimamonjy and Josiana Andriantsalama, at the Lycee Jacques Rabemananjara beside the Indian Ocean in Taomasina, support their students’ learning and contribute to the field of English language teaching in Madagascar.

7. Is There a TA in Your Future? Upper-Class Teaching Assistants in the EFL Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Author Gene Richards argues that establishing a program that prepares and allows upper-class students to become teaching assistants (TAs) for lower-class students can have benefits for all students—as well as their teachers. The article provides suggestions for setting up and managing the program; it also includes templates for TA agreements and certificates that readers are welcome to use if they establish a TA program of their own.

8. Using Story Jokes for Real Communication

   In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   English language teachers all face the obstacle of getting their students to speak in conversational English. This article, originally published in 1996, explores the use of jokes as a way to get natural conversation going in and out of the classroom and provides activities for teachers to use with their students.

9. MY CLASSROOM Cambodia

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

   Learn how teacher Sarina Monh works through challenges to create opportunities for student success.

10. My Classroom: Mexico

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

    Learn how English teacher Celeste Fernández transmits her enthusiasm for English – and for life – to her students.

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