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1. Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Working Together to Achieve Shared Goals

   In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Authors Lộc Thị Huỳnh Nguyễn and Fredricka L. Stoller share their own experiences as collaborators working together in person and on two distant continents, and they offer specific, detailed tips for others who are involved in cross-cultural collaborative projects or who may have the opportunity to collaborate in the future.

2. Matching Auditory Description with Visual Objects in an Interactive Setting

   In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 4 Format(s): Text, Image / Poster / Maps

   Author Monisha Biswas presents an engaging activity that gives students practice in describing objects, listening to classmates’ descriptions, and identifying the objects being described. The article offers options for adapting the activity, which can develop learners’ overall language skills.

3. My Classroom: Senegal

   In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Author Dawn Rogier describes how Cheikh Amadou Tidiane Niang incorporates the local culture into his lessons at the remote CEM Gaoudé Boffé school and in activities by the English club he has started. The article gives insights into efforts by the school and the students to increase awareness of the value of education for both males and females.

4. Improving English Proficiency in Professional and Vocational Training

   In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This purpose of this article, by Donna Bain Butler, is “to contribute to the professional development of teacher-trainers worldwide, with practical applications for instructors and curriculum developers who work to improve English proficiency in the professional/vocational training realm.”

5. Try This: Collaborative Mind Mapping

   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Try This gives step-by-step instructions for carrying out language-learning activities in your classroom.

6. Selecting Authentic Materials

   In: Teacher's Corner – Teaching with Authentic Materials Format(s): Text

   Authentic materials are an excellent resource in any teaching context. Sometimes educators work at institutions that provide lots of materials, while others may only provide a few or none at all.

7. Instructional Articles

   In: Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels Format(s): Text

   Instructional Articles

8. Adjective Clauses: Grace Hopper and the First Computer Languages

   In: Teacher's Corner: Making Grammar Fun Format(s): Text

   With this week’s activity, students practice adjective clauses by learning about Grace Hopper, one of the first computer scientists!

9. Teacher's Corner: Gerunds and Infinitives

   Format(s): Text

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner explores the uses of gerunds and infinitives, how to use them, and when.

10. Gamified Learning: Two Activities that Foster Fun and Excitement into Any Classroom

    Format(s): Text

    Games are a great way for students to learn and practice language concepts and vocabulary. In this month’s Teacher’s Corner article, you’ll learn two basic games that do not require much in the way of materials and preparation. Moreover, they can be easily adapted for reviewing or reinforcing any number of language skills or elements! Read on to see how you can bring these games into your classroom.

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