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1. Summative Assessments and Aligning Activities

   In: Teacher's Corner: Collecting and Using Data Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner focuses on options for summative assessment activities and rubrics.

2. Service Learning and Community Engagement for English Classes

   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The author uses her own experience with using service learning to give advice to others interested in creating and making use of service-learning projects in their own schools and communities.

3. Try This: Luck of the Draw (Pragmatics)

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This activity will allow students to practice using greetings by creating a brief skit.

4. Literature Circles as Support for Language Development

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

   There are many instructional approaches for helping English language learners improve both reading comprehension and overall language proficiency.

5. Teacher's Corner: Simple Ways to Incorporate Pragmatics in the EFL Classroom

   Format(s): Text

   Teaching vocabulary and common phrases is an essential task of the English language classroom, but it is also important to teach the pragmatics of a language to help learners use language appropriately in different situations. This month’s Teacher’s Corner explores the idea of pragmatics and why it is a valuable component to include in instruction. The article also contains resources and ideas for including pragmatics instruction and building up students’ pragmatic competence.

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

   Format(s): Text

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

7. Beyond the Gap Fill: Dynamic Song Activities for Song in the EFL Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This author presents variable and stimulating activities using songs to encourage students to connect with language.

8. About English Teaching Forum

   English Teaching Forum is a quarterly journal that supports the teaching of American English around the world through the publication of innovative, practical ideas. It is published by the U.S. Department of State. 

9. Learner's Perspective: Access Impact: An Unimagined Dream Come True

   “This visit to America has been quite a learning experience for me, something I had never dreamt of,” said 15-year-old Jayanta Majhi of his participation in the U.S. Cultural Immersion program.

10. Teaching Listening Skills to Young Learners through 'Listen and Do' Songs

    In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 3 Format(s): Text

    This article, which examines the use of songs to improve the listening skills of young learners, contains a lesson plan and follow-up activities and a list of online resources for songs.

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