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1. Identifying Our Approaches to Language Learning Technologies: Improving Professional Development

   In: English Teaching Forum 2011, Volume 49, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article emphasizes Warschauer's Model, explaining the three positions that researchers working in the field of language technology are concerned about: determinist or technophobe and technophile, instrumental, and critical. The article discusses the importance and application of Warschauer’s Model to professional development, offering ideas for activities and lesson plans related to each position held.

2. Constructivism in Theory and in Practice

   In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   The article describes the change in teacher training from instructivist to constructivist. The author defines constructivism and discusses its two main approaches: cognitive and social constructivism. The author then compares an instructivist versus a constructivist classroom and focuses on how they are different in terms of the level of flexibility. The author describes how an in-service teachers’ workshop successfully transformed. Benefits discussed include positive learning experience and the wash-back effect on pedagogy. (This article quotes theories of Piaget, Vygotsky, and Krashen.)

3. English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 3

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   Motorcycles are the focus of the feature article, Classroom Activities, and The Lighter Side in this issue.

4. 20th-Century Humanism and 21st-Century Technology: A Match Made in Cyberspace

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article discusses the origins of humanistic methodology and presents four humanistic classroom activities in traditional formats and in 21st-Century adaptations that use chat rooms, Nings, and social media.

5. English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 2

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   Find suggestions for using cell phones, songs and movement, student-created cartoons, photo diaries—and much more.

6. English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 3

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   Is a dog really a person’s best friend? In this issue, dogs are the subject of the feature article, classroom activities, and The Lighter Side.

7. English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 2

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   Cars are the focus of the feature article, Classroom Activities, and The Lighter Side in this issue.

8. English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 4

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   Boats are the focus of the feature article, Classroom Activities, and The Lighter Side in this issue.

9. English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 1

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   Birds are the subject of the feature article, Classroom Activities, and The Lighter Side in this issue.

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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