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1. Effective Questions

   In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Teachers ask many questions in the classroom, but not all are useful. Questions that the teacher already knows the answer to are known as display questions. These are often asked for the student to display knowledge. Questions where the teacher does not already know the answer are meaning based and known as referential questions. This article explains the problems with relying on display questions in the L2 classroom. This distinction applies to reading comprehension questions as well as oral questions.

2. #MyClassroom

   Format(s): Video

   We asked teachers from around the world to describe their classrooms. Here are some of their stories. #MyClassroom #AEforEducators #ELFellowProgram

3. Going Beyond “The Lighter Side” Puzzles for English Language Practice

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

   Author Tom Glass describes multiple ways that teachers can use and adapt “The Lighter Side” puzzles, found in all issues of English Teaching Forum, to give students extended language practice by solving puzzles and creating new puzzles of their own. The article includes examples from puzzles that teachers can find and download (for free) on the American English website.

4. From Unity to Diversity… to Diversity within Unity

   In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Author Diane Larsen-Freeman revisits the claims she made in her 1987 article for Forum where she noted a unified approach to language teaching.

5. Your Most Essential Audiovisual Aid - Yourself!

   In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Acknowledging that an interested and enthusiastic teacher can create excitement for students and promote learning, this article (reprinted from 1981) offers concrete suggestions for the teacher to be a “visual aid” and an “audio aid” in the classroom.

6. Getting the Most Out of the Dictionary

   In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Inspired by questions from language teachers, this discussion of dictionaries (reprinted from 1974) explores their utility in determining pronunciation, meaning, and points of grammar and makes recommendations about the kind of dictionaries teachers should use with their students.

7. My Classroom: Colombia

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Learn how teacher Yurany Monsalve commutes (by plane!) between two teaching sites yet manages to provide her students with English skills and opportunities for learning and growth.

8. My Classroom: Uzbekistan

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Learn how teacher Mamura Alimova, through her involvement in countless projects, has established herself as an important contributor to the field of English teaching in Uzbekistan.

9. About Us

   American English is a resource center for teaching and learning about American English language and culture. This website provides a variety of engaging materials and resources for teachers' professional development and for students in the classroom.

10. Creating Cartoons: A Learner-Centered Approach to Comprehending Texts

    In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 2 Format(s): Text

    This article carefully describes the technique of having learners create cartoons based on a reading passage to explore their understanding of the passage and to help teachers reflect on what the learners comprehended.

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