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1. Week 4 - What's the Scoop?

   In: Teacher's Corner: Journalism Format(s): Text

   Have fun with radio broadcasts in your classroom. In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students practice speaking, writing, and reading skills by putting together news radio broadcasts.

2. Teacher's Corner: Comic Books for Learning

   Format(s): Text

   Comic books are a pleasure to read, but they can also be a great resource in the English classroom!

3. My Classroom: Indonesia

   In: English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Alief Noor Farida is a junior lecturer at Indonesia’s Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES). Now teaching her fourth semester and an alumna of the English Education program at UNNES, Ms. Farida is an especially motivated and dedicated educator. She teaches 18 hours per week, specializing in grammar and writing-skills courses. The Intensive Course she teaches, focusing on reading, writing, speaking, and grammar skills, serves as a foundation for incoming English Department students.

4. Getting Students Into Pairs and Groups for Collaborative Learning - Part 2

   In: Teacher's Corner: Classroom Management Format(s): Text

   As we saw in last week’s Teacher’s Corner, the process of creating student groups doesn’t have to be boring! This week we will explore more ideas on how to create impromptu groups for collaborative learning activities and projects.

5. Activity 4 - Peer Assessments

   In: Teacher's Corner: Making Meaningful Assessments Format(s): Text

   This week in the Teacher’s Corner, we examine the value of peer assessments in the English language classroom and offer several ways for teachers to use peer assessments in the classroom regardless of content or skill.

6. Trend 3 - Digital Game Based Learning (DGBL)

   In: Teacher's Corner: Education Trends and Issues in the World Today Format(s): Text

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we will explore ways we can take advantage of video games for the language classroom even when we do not play video games ourselves.

7. Week 3 - Scaffolding Part One: Questions and Responses

   In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Beginners Format(s): Text

   Asking the right questions is an essential skill teachers need to help beginners succeed. This week, learn how!

8. Backward Design and Alignment of Assessments

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

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner will examine ways to ensure your students have learned the target content. This week, we look at backward design of lesson planning.

9. Trend 1 - 21st Century Skills

   In: Teacher's Corner: Education Trends and Issues in the World Today Format(s): Text

   In this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we will explore four educational approaches that are working toward a more complete use of Bloom’s Taxonomy in the classroom. These approaches are designed to provide students more opportunities to apply, analyze, evaluate, and create in the classroom.

10. Week 1 - Technology for Pronunciation

    In: Teacher's Corner: Technology Tools for Students and Teachers Format(s): Text

    This week, check out some great online pronunciation tools.

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