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  1. Poetry for the People

    In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    This article starts with the view that most poets believe that poetry should be understandable and accessible to everyone. The article then introduces the poetry and ideas of Ted Kooser, a famous poet born in Iowa. Following the stories of Ted Kooser, the article introduces what a poet laureate is, how long they serve, how they are chosen, how much pay they get, what they do, and six poet laureates of the past two decades. The history of the Library of Congress is introduced at the end.
  2. Lesson Plan: Reading, Writing, and Performing Poetry

    In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    This lesson plan contains poetry-related activities that aim to help students read and interpret English poetry, and write their own poems. The activities are introduced in each of the following parts: talking about poetry, understanding poetic devices, interpreting poems, using poetry for language acquisition, writing original poems, performing poetry, and organizing poetry slams.
  3. English Clubs: Introducing English to Young Learners

    In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    This article introduces an approach taken in Tunisia to introduce English as a foreign language to children in primary school classrooms. The author states that in Tunisia, children in primary schools are first taught Arabic and then French. The government does not want to overburden the students with English learning. Then, the author describes in detail the approach of an English club, including the materials and staff members and their training. The article concludes with a list of recommendations based on the Tunisian approach.
  4. Classroom Techniques: Communicative Activities for Middle School Classrooms

    In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    The author states that communicative activities, known to help language learning, can be difficult to use with middle school students. The author offers four suggestions for carrying out communicative activities and presents two activities that are designed to motivate students to use English to express their views.
  5. Newspapers in America

    In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 4 Format(s): Text
    This is an introduction to American newspapers. It starts with a history of newspapers and the tradition of American journalism that challenges authority. The article offers a description and discussion of major American newspapers and the different sections of a typical newspaper. There is also a section introducing some famous American journalists.
  6. Lesson Plan: Using Journalism Skills in the Language Classroom

    In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 4 Format(s): Text
    This lesson plan contains four activities based on the theme of newspapers and journalism. It includes a lesson to familiarize students with newspapers, journalistic writing, interviewing, and creating a class newspaper. The activities can be used as individual lessons or a larger project of creating a class newspaper.
  7. A Tale of Two Animals

    In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    An Indonesian fable is the theme of this three-part lesson for young learners. Students practice with the past-tense verbs used in the fable. By listening, reading and ordering the sentences, and copying a paragraph of the story, students become very familiar with the fable. The lessons finish with homework to write a play based on the fable. Students may select and perform the best play from their group.
  8. Houseboats

    In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    This lesson uses a text about the houseboats of Kashmir to give students practice with descriptions, compound words, and participles. The lesson plan could be adapted to tourist destinations familiar to the students. Students are asked to write a description of their homes and create a tourism brochure for their own cities or towns.
  9. Lesson Plan: A Day at the Fair

    In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 3 Format(s): Text
    This issue’s lesson plan, “A Day at the Fair” follows the feature article on state and county fairs. After reading a summary of the article, learners are asked to list things they might experience with their senses at a fair. The terms may be used in a role play. Group members select roles and make decisions about how to spend a day at the fair according to the preferences on their cards. The lesson concludes with a reflection on decisions made during the role play.
  10. Perspectives on Professional Growth: A Study on the Diaries of Undergraduate ELT Students

    In: English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    This article reports on the author's observations of undergraduate ELT students who kept diaries about their professional development during their teaching practicum. The author analyzed these diaries at two stages and categorized the entries into two categories: a concern for the needs of the children of the information age, and a desire for self-improvement and professional growth. The author decided to develop lessons on Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) into future semesters of the course based on the student diaries.

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