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1. Quick Start Guide

   In: Trace Effects Teacher's Manual Format(s): Text

   The Trace Effects Quick Start Guide instructs teachers and players on how to play Trace Effects, the exciting, collaborative English language learning game developed by the Department of State. The guide provides information on logging in, gameplay, and installing the Trace Effects DVD for use in home and lab environments.

2. TIRF Resources

   Format(s): Website

   The International Research Foundation for English Language Education has a wide variety of resources for teachers, researchers, parents, graduate students, program administrators, and the general public. Here you will find links to educational websites, lists of professional development opportunities and articles, and information about grants and fellowships for educators.

3. Lesson Planning 101: Mapping Activities for a Clear Path to Learning

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This webinar teaches participants to create "road map" classroom activities.

4. Chapter 5: Socially Responsible Business-Doing the Right Thing

   In: Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Business Ethics Format(s): Text

   This chapter in the Business Ethics volume of the Language and Civil Society e-journal discusses how businesses are held accountable to customers for goods and services that they sell.

5. Chapter 7: Societal Dilemmas: Finding a Balance

   In: Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Civic Education Format(s): Text

   This chapter in the Civic Education volume of the Language and Civil Society e-journal focuses on the tensions that exist between the values, needs, and interests of individuals and those of society at large.

6. Workshops: An Alternative to Student Writing Conferences

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

   This Teaching Technique describes how teachers can use mini-workshops in place of student writing conferences and explains potential benefits of doing so.

7. Vocabulary Practice Games

   In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This article discusses the use of games in teaching vocabulary in language classrooms and describes how games can be an enjoyable part of this process. It offers nine games that can be used to teach words at different stages of the class.

8. Introduction

   In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Teaching English is a bit like teaching jazz, the editor muses. Both require excellent listening skills and timing. Both are usually done in front of other people, and both require one to improvise.

9. Annenberg Learner

   Format(s): Website

   Annenberg Learner focuses on both the teacher and student as learners. The Annenberg Learner website offers lesson plans and activities for English learners.

10. English Homework: What Makes Sense

    In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 3 Format(s): Text

    The purpose of this article is to persuade English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers and teacher trainers that homework is indeed beneficial by presenting multiple examples of high-quality homework assignments, as Dettmers et al. (2010) found in mathematics

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