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  1. Changing Homework Habits: Rethinking Attitudes

    In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 4 Format(s): Text
    There are a number of reasons why students forget, ignore, or reject homework, but what can a teacher do to encourage students to complete homework? The author argues that students' habits are a reflection of the teacher's attitudes about homework. The article introduces eight points that can help create a more homework-positive classroom. They include assigning the right amount of homework, always remembering to correct homework, accepting late submissions, and changing the time during the lesson you assign homework.
  2. Teaching Refusals in an EFL Setting

    In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text, Video, Website
    The goals of this lesson in Teaching Pragmatics are: raising awareness that misunderstandings can be caused by differences in performing speech acts between Japanese and Americans; making learners aware of what they know already and encouraging them to use their universal or transferable L1 pragmatic knowledge in L2 contexts; teaching the appropriate linguistic forms that are likely to be encountered in performing speech acts.
  3. Prepositions of Movement

    In: Teacher's Corner: Prepositions Format(s): Text
    This week’s Teacher’s Corner includes a fun treasure hunt activity during which students practice prepositions of movement.
  4. Photography Exhibition

    In: Teacher's Corner: Using Art in the English Language Classroom Format(s): Text
    Bring the museum to your classroom! In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students create a photography exhibition to reinforce language learned in the classroom.
  5. World News Report

    In: Teacher's Corner: Reported Speech Format(s): Text
    Bring the news into your classroom. This week’s Teacher’s Corner shows how students can practice reported speech while reporting news stories.
  6. Week 4 - Taking a Vacation

    In: Teacher's Corner: Phrasal Verbs Format(s): Text
    In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, students will practice phrasal verbs through a vacation-planning activity.
  7. Making Reading Fun

    In: Teacher's Corner: Making Learning Fun Format(s): Text
    In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we look at a fun reading activity that can be adapted for different reading levels.
  8. Fostering Student Motivation: Self-Directed Learning with the "Reading Train"

    In: Teacher's Corner: Fostering Student Motivation Format(s): Text
    This week’s teaching tip demonstrates how to use a combination of student choice, friendly competition, fun visuals, and rewards to motivate students to read more in English.
  9. Trend 2 - Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

    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 a variety of Internet-based tools that can be used in the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) classroom.
  10. Content Spotlight: Halloween

    Learn how Halloween is celebrated in the United States.

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