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1. Using Authentic Materials to Develop Vocabulary

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

   This week will present ideas about how to use authentic materials to develop students’ English vocabulary through exposure to and interaction with new words.

2. Using a Daily Message to Build Literacy Skills

   In: Teacher's Corner: Literacy Development for True Beginners Format(s): Text

   Do you students struggle with basic literacy skills? This week’s Teacher’s Corner presents anactivity that can help students apply phonics skills and develop sight word vocabulary.

3. Evaluating a Lesson Using Principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

   In: Teacher's Corner: Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities Format(s): Text

   This week, learn how to modify an existing activity using the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

4. Calamity - Natural Disaster Preparation

   In: Teacher's Corner: Integrating Global Affairs into Your English Lessons Format(s): Text

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students will learn about natural disasters and disaster prevention by playing an online game that uses real-world issues.

5. Teacher's Corner: Teaching Grammar for Communicative Competence

   Format(s): Text

   This month in Teacher’s Corner, we look at how to teach grammar in ways that help students to build their communicative competence. A communicative grammar lesson gives students the opportunity to practice the target grammar item through specific communicative tasks and activities.This month’s article is filled with ideas and resources to help students use the language they are learning.

6. Week 2 - Technology: Coding – A Language For the Future

   In: Teacher's Corner: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Format(s): Text

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students practice the 21st-century skill of coding while developing reading and listening skills.

7. Picture This – In a Minute

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Picture This Format(s): Text

   In a Minute provides students with practice forming questions that begin with wh- words: who, what, when, where, why, and how. First, players read and respond to the six ques­tions on a Picture This card. Then players race to write as many questions as they can in a set amount of time. This game works best in small groups.

8. Making Writing Fun

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

   Get creative with this week’s Teacher’s Corner! This activity is a fun way to encourage students to write in English.

9. Research to Practice: A Discussion Group for Language Teachers

   In: Teacher's Corner: Professional Development for Teacher Trainers Format(s): Text

   In this month’s Teacher’s Corner, we present ways to support the professional development of English language teachers.

10. Teacher's Corner: Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities

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    English Language teachers interact with learners from a wide range of backgrounds and abilities.

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