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1. Amplifying Voice and Choice in the EFL Classroom

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This session, “Amplifying Voice and Choice in the EFL Classroom,” explained several student voice strategies, and will prepare participants to select or adapt the strategies to suit their teaching contexts, students, and teaching styles!

2. Strategic Corrective Feedback in the EFL Classroom

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This session, “Strategic Corrective Feedback in the EFL Classroom,” examines how teachers can thoughtfully select and apply corrective feedback techniques that can help students produce more accurate language output.

3. Four Reading Tasks to Promote Critical Thinking

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This session, "Four Reading Tasks to Promote Critical Thinking," shares classroom-ready activities that can be adapted to encourage critical thinking in reading lessons for students of varying ages and proficiency levels.

4. Strange Weather: Climate Change Activities for the English Classroom

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This webinar will review key themes related to climate change and the environment and will provide relevant, thought-provoking activities and materials that teachers can easily use in their English language classes.

5. Adaptable Speaking Activities for Pairs and Groups

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This session, “Adaptable Speaking Activities for Pairs and Groups,” explores several motivating speaking-focused activities that can be easily modified for different levels, student interests, and teaching contexts.

6. Let’s Play Ball: Using Cultural Themes to Teach English

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This webinar will demonstrate how teachers can use one theme in American culture and society, Baseball, to give learners a toolkit for deciphering and using messages that contain a deep cultural context, no matter their source.

7. Increasing Student Talk Time in the Online Classroom

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This session, "Increasing Student Talk Time in the Online Classroom," discussed benefits of increasing student oral language use in virtual environments, and explored routines, activities, and tools that gave students a voice in their online classrooms.

8. Differentiating Instructions (Online!) for Equity in Learning

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   The American English Webinar and Facebook Live sessions are hosted by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of English Language Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

9. Strategies for Engaging Young Learners

   Format(s): Text

   The difficulty in teaching young learners (YLs) in the EFL classroom is maintaining engagement throughout the lesson. Therefore, teachers of YLs need to incorporate activities that are meaningful, engaging, and also entertaining. This webinar will share practical tips and ideas for engaging young learners in the EFL classroom, including using fun songs with humor, using actions to accompany poetry and song lyrics, and promoting creativity. We will also focus on techniques for making input comprehensible, such as using gestures, visuals, and realia as learning tools. When using a variety of techniques and activities, children forget they are in a step-by-step language lesson, and the learning comes naturally.

10. Beyond Proficiency: Nurturing Critical Thinking Skills in the EFL Classroom

    In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

    Develop a shared understanding of what it means to “think critically," and examine why teachers should devote time to helping students develop a critical thinking mindset.

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