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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!
Week 1 - Job Fair

In: Teacher's Corner: Career Opportunities Format(s): Text
In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students will explore the world of employment by taking part in a job fair. Job fairs provide employers the opportunity to teach people about the work they do.
Week 4: Scaffolding Part Two: Supporting Language Production

In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Beginners Format(s): Text
Sometimes the only opportunity our students have to use the language they are learning is when they are in the language classroom.
Developing Sight Word Recognition and Vocabulary

In: Teacher's Corner: Literacy Development for True Beginners Format(s): Text
Texts written in English are made up of many of the same words. These words are called high-frequency words because they appear so often. Sometimes these words can be tricky for beginners because their spelling patterns may not follow typical English phonics rules.
From Page to Stage: Lord of the Flies

In: English Teaching Forum 2002 (Volume 40, Number 1) Format(s): Text
This article shares the importance of promoting drama activities within classrooms in a way that will develop language. The authors share a project they implemented in a tenth grade English classroom with the novel “Lord of the Flies.” They present the details of their preparation strategies as well as a step-by-step process. The article discusses how successful the project turned out to be as well as how drama can enhance English classrooms.
Fast Food World: The Hamburger Comes of Age

In: English Teaching Forum 2002 (Volume 40, Number 1) Format(s): Text
This article presents the history of the hamburger and the debate about who invented it as well as how it has become an icon among foods, spreading to a variety of other countries. The author shares the marketing strategies used by multiple businesses in order to attract customers as well as the franchising and growth that has come from such a simple product.
History of the Hamburger

In: English Teaching Forum 2002 (Volume 40, Number 1) Format(s): Text
“The History of the Hamburger,” an article within “The Hamburger Comes of Age,” discusses the roots of the modern hamburger dating back to the German city of Hamburg. The author relates the hamburger’s move from Germany to Russia to the New World and the debate about the creators and the origins of the modern hamburger, as well as its various styles of preparation.
Fast Food and Globalization

In: English Teaching Forum 2002 (Volume 40, Number 1) Format(s): Text
“Fast Food and Globalization,” an article within “The Hamburger Comes of Age,” shares the story of a group of French people who demolished a McDonald’s restaurant in protest, which drew international media attention. The short article expresses how fast food is representative of the globalization process. The author provides examples of how a multitude of fast food restaurants have attempted to accommodate local tastes.
A Different View of Fast Food

In: English Teaching Forum 2002 (Volume 40, Number 1) Format(s): Text
“Another View of Fast Food,” the last article within “The Hamburger Comes of Age,” discusses the ingredients and nutrition facts of the worst diet in the world. The author discusses the calories, fat, additives, and lack of nutrients in fast foods. The author points out that this type of diet will have tremendous consequences on a person’s health as they age, and encourages readers to study the menus in fast food restaurants.
Abstracts from Other Journals

In: English Teaching Forum 2002 (Volume 40, Number 1) Format(s): Text
Two abstracts are presented from other journals, “Transcending the Nativeness Paradigm” from World Englishes and “Enriching Reality: Language Corpora in Language Pedagogy” from ELT Journal. In the first, the authors argue that the binary classification of native or non-native speakers is based on socially constructed identity. They use four case studies based on four participants to validate their point. The authors of the second abstract argue that using corpora has been overlooked by L2 learners, and provide suggestions on how to incorporate this within a classroom.

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