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1. Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen

   In: The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories Format(s): Text

   How strong is tradition? For nine years, an old gentleman and a homeless man have met every Thanksgiving Day to share a meal. One year, the day ends in a very different way. Read to find out what happens!

2. America

   In: American Rhythms Format(s): MP3, Text, Video

   What is a road trip? Why are road trips popular in the United States? Find out more with this set of activities based on music by the award winning ukulele player Victoria Vox.

3. Week 3 - News Media Observation Jigsaw

   In: Teacher's Corner: Media Literacy Format(s): Text

   This week’s jigsaw activity will allow students to analyze what they observed and share ideas with classmates.

4. Week 3 - Conducting a Swot Analysis

   In: Teacher's Corner: Teaching Business English and Entrepreneurship Format(s): Text

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students work together to conduct an analysis of a company’s strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

5. Co-Teaching: Strategies for Sharing and Improving the Teaching Experience

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Website

   Co-Teaching: Strategies for Sharing and Improving the Teaching Experience will discuss what is needed for a successful educational partnership. Several co-teaching models will be presented along with ideas for practical classroom applications.

6. Teacher's Corner: Travel and Tourism

   Format(s): Text

   This month’s Teacher’s Corner explores the world of travel and tourism. Specifically, each week covers travel-related topics that students can use to practice speaking, reading, and listening.

7. Fostering Student Motivation: Goal-Setting and Student Interest Questionnaires

   In: Teacher's Corner: Fostering Student Motivation Format(s): Text

   This week’s teaching tip illustrates how to use a beginning-of-course questionnaire activity to encourage students to think about motivation-related questions.

8. Involving Students in Classroom Routines and Processes

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

   In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, you are encouraged to think about what you do to involve students using the suggestions in the

9. Week 4 - Successfully Navigating Intercultural Interactions (Part 4)

   In: Integrating Critical Thinking Into The Exploration Of Culture Format(s): Text

   Each week of this month’s Teacher’s Corner has required students to reflect and think critically in order to deepen their understanding of culture and how it can affect interactions. This week, students will apply their experience and knowledge to figure out how to make intercultural interactions successful, even if they are challenging.

10. Potential Models for the Service Component

    In: Teacher's Corner: Service Learning in the Language Classroom Format(s): Text

    This week’s installment will present possible types of projects for the community-service portion of the service-learning project.

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