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Implementing Peer Assessment in Project-Based Learning

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

This session, "Implementing Peer Assessment in Project-Based Learning," discusses how to prepare for and conduct peer assessment during PBL so that learners can provide constructive, validating, and encouraging feedback to their classmates.

Ben Will: Blade of Grass

In: ENGLISH LANGUAGE THROUGH LYRICS Format(s): MP3, Text

This collection from American English provides fun new ways of teaching and learning English.

The Use of X and Other Creative Ways to Retell Events

In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 1 Format(s): Text

In this article, author Aljohn Francis Ruiz Flores presents a clever and easy-to-apply technique that helps students engage with texts they are reading in an enjoyable way: they show their comprehension by generating tweets (or posts or texts), using their own words to retell events and characters’ thoughts. The versatile technique allows students at all levels to be creative but can also be used as a check on student comprehension and even for assessment.

Question Practice: The Personal-Assistant Mock Job Interview

In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 2 Format(s): Text

Would you like to give your students practice in generating and asking questions—and finding creative ways to answer them? Author Terence McLean describes a job-interview activity that is light-hearted and fun, yet gives students serious language practice, motivates them, and requires them to think creatively and critically. The activity also helps students prepare for the real-life job interviews they will have in the future.

The Vocabulary Wheel: A Low-Resource Activity for Enhancing Vocabulary Acquisition and Retention

In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 2 Format(s): Text

This article, by Anestin Lum Chi, offers detailed instructions for making vocabulary wheels and using them in various ways for extended practice with targeted vocabulary. Students can make and use the wheels, and the wheels can be customized and saved for future classes. The wheels are ideal for all language levels and for all contexts, including those with limited resources. No internet connectivity is required.

Let Them Play: Board Games for Language Practice

In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 1 Format(s): Text

Authors Kevin McCaughey and Rick Rosenberg demonstrate techniques for using board games to stimulate student-centered language practice that is flexible, productive, engaging, and fun. The article includes tips for efficient game play and for using games with a variety of levels and class sizes. The authors show that playing board games for language practice can be educational AND entertaining.

Flipped Classrooms

In: Teacher's Corner: Online Learning Format(s): Text

In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we will examine a form of blended learning known as the flipped classroom model and look at the tools needed to help build a flipped classroom.

Trend 3 - Digital Game Based Learning (DGBL)

In: Teacher's Corner: Education Trends and Issues in the World Today Format(s): Text

In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we will explore ways we can take advantage of video games for the language classroom even when we do not play video games ourselves.

Using a Daily Routine for Language Practice

In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Young Learners Format(s): Text

Young learners benefit from a structured environment. Routines help students feel connected to what they are learning. For language learners, routines also help lower the affective filter (feelings of anxiety or self-consciousness) by providing structured, familiar activities in which they can easily participate.

Week 2 - Read to Beat the Clock

In: Teacher's Corner: Promoting Learner Engagement Format(s): Text

This week we’ll look at ways to get students actively involved in class activities. In this activity, students work in pairs to practice reading fluently.