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1. Teaching Techniques: Cultural Introductions by Way of Storytelling

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This introductory lesson is something I have used on the first day of class with students around the globe.

2. Teacher's Corner: Comic Books for Learning

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   Comic books are a pleasure to read, but they can also be a great resource in the English classroom!

3. Learning about other Cultures through the Teaching of English

   As Fethi Çimen looked out the airplane window at Lake Michigan before joining the Engaging M@terials for Global English Summer Workshop he was both excited and exhausted. The joint project by the U.S. Department of State and Iowa State University (ISU) would be a platform for teachers, teacher trainers, and academics from 13 countries to discuss, collaborate, produce, and share our understanding of materials development and technology for English language teaching.

4. Teaching Techniques: Critiquing Questions

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Question formation is a basic part of teaching and learning English. However, we often focus on the ability to form the question properly and not as much on the quality of the information the question is seeking.

5. Teacher's Corner: Engaging English Language Learners with New Forms of Literacy

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   In the 21st century, our students have to know how to read and communicate using more than just words on paper or a computer screen. Communication takes many forms, and our classroom teaching will benefit by bringing in these new forms of communication. April’s Teacher’s Corner looks at several new literacies: instant messaging, comics and graphic novels, short-form videos, and podcasting. We explore what these forms are and how we can use them in the classroom to help students develop their language skills and to solve problems in an ever-changing world of communication.

6. English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 1

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   First of the 50th anniversary series, this issue leads off with new articles on teaching. A commemorative section called Reflections highlights popular articles from past volumes.

7. Past Issues of English Teaching Forum

   Browse online English Teaching Forum issues and articles dating back to 2001. To find a particular article or issue, search the past issues by year.

8. Teaching Better, Together: Literacy Coaching as Collaborative Professional Development

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   The authors “provide readers with a starting point for considering literacy coaching as a viable model for sustainable collaborative teacher development in ELT settings.”

9. Teacher's Corner: Reported Speech

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   In this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we will showcase four activities that can be used to practice reported speech. These activities create opportunities for students to practice reported speech in both written and spoken form.

10. Teacher's Corner: Visual Note-Taking

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    Our students live in a world of videos and photos, logos and emojis, abbreviations and instant messages.

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