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  1. Enliven Your Class and Engage Your Students with Fun Facts

    In: English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    Stephen Mark Silvers enlivens this article with dozens of “fun facts” while also explaining how teachers can use such facts to motivate students and develop students’ English skills in creative ways. The author, who notes that students’ responses to the facts will be “authentic and meaningful,” provides a number of sources where teachers can find fun facts to use with their classes.
  2. Seven Wonders: Bringing Student-Centered Learning into a Teacher-Centers Classroom

    In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    Authors Adrienne Lee Seo and Tozagul Nasrullaeva brought student-centered learning into their classes in Uzbekistan by introducing project-based learning (PBL) projects; in this article, they present a detailed example of how to use the Seven Wonders (Ancient, Natural, and Modern) of the World in a student-driven project that integrates a variety of skills. The authors offer suggestions for other topics that can be used in similarly productive ways.
  3. The Vocabulary Wheel: A Low-Resource Activity for Enhancing Vocabulary Acquisition and Retention

    In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 2 Format(s): Text
    This article, by Anestin Lum Chi, offers detailed instructions for making vocabulary wheels and using them in various ways for extended practice with targeted vocabulary. Students can make and use the wheels, and the wheels can be customized and saved for future classes. The wheels are ideal for all language levels and for all contexts, including those with limited resources. No internet connectivity is required.
  4. The Line Between Questions, Responses, and Readers

    In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    This article uses the Stephen Crane story “The Open Boat” (freely available on the American English website) as an anchor text to demonstrate how teachers can apply Raphael’s Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) technique to a text that students might be assigned to read. The article includes numerous examples and tips that teachers can use to adapt the technique to other texts as a way to enhance student engagement and interest in reading.
  5. Let Them Play: Board Games for Language Practice

    In: English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 1 Format(s): Text
    Authors Kevin McCaughey and Rick Rosenberg demonstrate techniques for using board games to stimulate student-centered language practice that is flexible, productive, engaging, and fun. The article includes tips for efficient game play and for using games with a variety of levels and class sizes. The authors show that playing board games for language practice can be educational AND entertaining.
  6. Teacher's Corner: Integrating Global Affairs into Your English Lessons

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    In this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we will showcase four activities that can be used to incorporate world affairs into the English classroom. The goal of these activities is to inspire students to learn more about the larger world and consider how events affect us all.
  7. 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.
  8. Comics Materials

    In: Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels Format(s): Text
    Here are some comic book resources to use in your classroom or home.
  9. Create to Communicate: Collage

    In: Create to Communicate: Art Activities for the EFL Classroom Format(s): Text
    This section contains five lesson plans focusing on imperatives, present continuous, wh-questions, contrastive nouns, and future aspect using will focusing on high beginner to advanced proficiency levels.
  10. Teacher's Corner: Career Vocabulary

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    This month’s Teacher’s Corner explores the world of work and careers. Each week covers career-related vocabulary that students can use to find a career, interview for a job, or start a business.

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