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1. 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.

2. Picturing America: Masterpieces of American Art

   Format(s): Website

   Pictures of famous American art with accompanying lesson plans from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

3. Everyday Conversations: Learning American English

   Format(s): Text

   This resource can be used by teachers and learners. Students can listen to and/or read dialogues in English.

4. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Kids’ Pages

   Format(s): Video, Website

   This website is a resource for teachers who want to teach about environmental health. You can find lesson plans, activities, videos, and more!

5. My Classroom: Morocco (Karima and Adil)

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Karima Mezouari, a teacher dedicated to giving her students there a chance to learn English in meaningful and enjoyable ways. Adil Azhar describes how he learned to speak English through persistence and practice.

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

   Format(s): Text

   Find new ways to teach lexical cohesion, learn how to promote self-authoring, discover “Pair counting,” and get other useful teaching ideas in the final issue of 2017.

7. English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 1

   Format(s): Text

   Learn creative ways to add movement to your classroom, new ways to use music and songs, tips for supporting out-of-class reading—and much more.

8. 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.

9. My Classroom: Mexico (Online Only)

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

   Fabiola Cruz Arellano is the only English teacher at the Profesor Carlos Hank González Elementary School in Toluca, where each week she teaches 850 students in the first through sixth grades. Ms. Cruz provides one 50-minute English lesson each week to 22 groups of students, with 40 to 55 students in each classroom.

10. Group Progress Charts for Young Learners

    In: English Teaching Forum, Volume 60, Number 2 Format(s): Text

    Malka N. Wickramasinghe, a teacher in Sri Lanka, shares a step-by-step guide to motivating young learners to collaborate on group tasks through the use of roles and creative, goal-oriented progress charts.

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