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  1. Using Mobile Phone Technology in EFL Classes

    In: English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 4 Format(s): Text
    This article explains how students can use their mobile phones to produce video projects and use English for meaningful communication. The author first explains what communicative competence is and why it is important. The author then discusses difficulties of putting principles of communicative language teaching into practice, which is the main rationale behind the author’s idea. Finally, the author describes four video projects and several activities based on mobile phone features.
  2. No Books and 150 Students?

    In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 3 Format(s): Text
    This article describes the author’s experiences coping with the challenges of teaching English in an Indonesian university, such as classroom conditions and large numbers of students at different proficiency levels. The author suggests five activities that are designed to involve students in learning with little dependence on materials and little movement. The author also describes three out-of-class activities. Appendices include materials for the activities and additional references.
  3. Creating Positive Attitudes Towards English as a Foreign Language

    In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 4 Format(s): Text
    The author reviews research on the connections between attitudes and language learning, and between attitudes and motivation. The article suggests that language learners’ motivation and attitudes can influence learning outcomes, and that effective teaching can change negative attitudes. It describes a classroom action research project that was carried out among 95 students in Turkey to examine attitudes and motivation for English learning. Results and possible factors are discussed with regard to the students’ attitudes and motivation.
  4. Amazing Animals

    In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    “Animals” is a three-part lesson plan for young learners with a zoo animal theme. The first lesson is full of activities to describe animals, with Simon Says, guessing games, and learning stations. The second lesson is about desert animals, but other types of animals could be chosen depending on student interest. This lesson teaches prepositions of place. The final lesson, using the Language Experience Approach, leads up to a trip to the zoo (real or virtual). The class constructs a story of their experience and reads it together. Animal flashcards are included.
  5. SWELL: A Writing Method to Help English Language Learners

    In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 4 Format(s): Text
    Social-interactive Writing for English Language Learners (SWELL) is collaborative writing based on Topping’s Paired Writing Method. The method was changed to meet the needs of English language learners. In both methods, pairs are formed according to proficiency, pairing a more advanced student (a Helper) with a less advanced one (a Writer). The author describes the steps of generating ideas, drafting, reading, editing, best copy, and evaluating. Features of SWELL include using students’ linguistic knowledge (L1), balancing fluency with mechanics, and promoting explicit teacher instruction.
  6. Using Practice Posters to Address EFL Challenges

    In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 3 Format(s): Text
    Practice posters, with pictures and captions, are useful for controlled practice of vocabulary and structures in an EFL context. The author has found many advantages of using posters with beginners in a high school setting. Student led review gets students active, increases autonomy and improves confidence. The use of small groups is effective with multi-language classes and frees the teacher to monitor interactions. Other benefits include increasing English use, limiting mistakes, decreasing discipline issues, helping with pronunciation and appealing to a variety of learning styles.
  7. Theory and Research

    In: Teacher's Corner: Online Learning Format(s): Text
    To start this month’s Teacher’s Corner we will investigate the opportunities and pitfalls of online learning.
  8. Week 2 - Making Expectations Clear

    In: Creating a Positive Classroom Community Format(s): Text
    The success of a class can depend on the transparency of its expectations and outcomes. When expectations and outcomes of a course are unclear, both students and teachers can become frustrated and struggle with the course.
  9. Raising Phonological Awareness: A Task that benefits Language Learners with and without Learning Disabilities

    In: Teacher's Corner: Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities Format(s): Text
    Teachers are tasked with many roles in the language classroom. In addition to teaching language, many must also act as cultural interpreters, counselors, disciplinarians, motivational speakers, and more.
  10. Tea Time

    In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    This article is about tea, the world’s most popular drink. It presents the stories, descriptions, recipes, and poems submitted by Forum readers all over the world in response to a tea survey conducted by Forum.

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