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1. English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 2

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   Brain-based research and language teaching, language and literature, conversation using trivia, language anxiety, and vocabulary practice games are among the articles in this issue of ET Forum.

2. English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 4

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   In the October 2002 issue of the ET Forum, the lead article is an interview with Mark Warschauer on the challenges and opportunities of education. The feature article is on renewable energy; other articles cover the areas of teacher development, what works in the language classroom, giving feedback for learner training, and phonetic symbols as a stepping stone.

3. English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 2

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   This issue is full of jazzy teaching ideas. A feature article on jazz is joined by articles on ESP, professional development, and the use of computers and web resources to enhance writing and speaking skills.

4. English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 1

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   This special issue contains several articles published in previous issues of English Teaching Forum as well as a lesson plan based on the environmental play Save the Lofty Trees.

5. English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 3

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   Speaking (and writing) about sports is the feature article in this issue. Other topics include materials development, speaking and listening online, teaching writing, and classroom techniques.

6. English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 1

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   This issue features an article on U.S. Poet Laureates and contains contemporary American poems and a lesson plan on reading, writing, and performing poetry. Other articles discuss reading strategies, teaching politically correct language, and using comic strips and radio programs in the classroom.

7. English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 2

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   This special issue is about teaching English to young learners. It covers a variety of topics and features a special section with songs for children and photos to use with the songs.

8. Teaching Weak Forms

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

   This article describes a pronunciation concept referred to as the weak form, a compression of sounds used to keep the rhythm of spoken English. The author uses the word “that” as an example. Stressing or not stressing the word “that” when reading aloud the sentence “John thinks that man is evil” changes the meaning. Reading “that” as unstressed is an example of the weak form. The author provides examples of how to teach the weak form to provide students with better spoken English and better comprehension.

9. A Process Genre Model for Teaching Writing

   In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article considers three different approaches to the teaching of writing: the product approach, the process approach, and the genre approach. After explaining the different approaches, the author uses recent research to suggest a combination of the genre/process approaches in the composition classroom. A lesson plan is provided.

10. Building Your Toolkit: Steps and Strategies for Teaching Academic Writing

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    This webinar, Building Your Toolkit: Steps and Strategies for Teaching Academic Writing, provides participants with five specific steps and several strategies they can use in teaching academic writing in their own contexts.

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