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1. Teacher's Corner: Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities

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   English Language teachers interact with learners from a wide range of backgrounds and abilities.

2. Teacher's Corner: Technology Tools for Students and Teachers

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   Want to learn more about using technology for learning and teaching? Look no further than this month’s Teacher’s Corner.

3. Destroying the Teacher: The Need for Learner-Centered Teaching

   In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article advocates using English to teach content, addressing this through five areas: Reduction of Coercion (not eliciting correct answers, but engaging students in thinking); Active Learner Involvement (less teacher talk and more material chosen to engage learners), Experience Before Interpretation (handling material before interpreting it), Avoidance of Simplification (choosing materials challenging enough to learn skills for tackling new ideas), and Value of Silence (allowing students to think without forcing them to talk).

4. Teacher's Corner: Teaching Beginners

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   Teaching beginner level students can be challenging, but in this month’s Teacher’s Corner, you’ll learn strategies for helping these language learners to be successful.

5. Teacher's Corner: Teaching Young Learners

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   This month’s Teacher’s Corner is about teaching young learners. This week in the Teacher’s Corner, we present ideas for using visual support in the English language classroom for young learners.

6. Teacher's Corner – Teaching with Authentic Materials

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   This month in the Teacher’s Corner, we will discuss different types of authentic materials and the benefits and challenges of using them.

7. VOA: English in a Minute

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   Looking for ways to improve your listening skills and learn English idioms? Check out Voice of America's English in a Minute and listen to brief video clips that explain American English colloquialisms.

8. English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 3

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   Find suggestions and encouragement for turning your teaching ideas into articles … discover ways to use nonnative speakers as role models for your students … try new dictogloss strategies to improve learners’ literacy … see how to run a MOOC camp … use student-generated videos productively … and explore creative ways to use emojis for speaking practice!

9. Teacher’s Corner: Motivation for Language Learning

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   This month’s Teacher’s Corner will explore simple strategies and thought-provoking questions to help you motivate yourself and your students. Read this article and then join us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators/) for a lively conversation!

10. Avoiding the Blank Stare: Teacher Training with the Gradual Release of Responsibility in Mind

    In: English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 2 Format(s): Text

    This author asserts that the Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) model will improve teaching abilities in any setting.

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