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1. English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 1

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   This issue features Hawaii, and a lesson plan guides teachers in exploring Hawaiian culture, and their own cultures, with their students. Other articles discuss integrating indigenous cultures into English language teaching, integrating critical thinking into language teaching, using story boxes in the classroom, and learning to hypothesize through Sudoku game play.

2. The Blues Singers

   In: English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This is the second in a four-part series about the Blues, a unique form of music born out of the African slave culture in the United States. When slaves were freed, their musical traditions blended with European musical styles into Jazz and the Blues. This article features stories about leading Blues musicians throughout the history of the music, including B. B. King, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, and Bessie Smith.

3. English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 2

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   Brain-based research and language teaching, language and literature, conversation using trivia, language anxiety, and vocabulary practice games are among the articles in this issue of ET Forum.

4. English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 3

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   The July 2002 issue features an article on Alaska as well as articles on using task journals for reading, creation of meaningful Web pages, alternative assessment practices, and Internet content-based activities for ESP.

5. English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 4

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   This special issue, An Anthology for Teacher Trainers, contains articles published in English Teaching Forum between 1994 and 2000.

6. English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 2

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   This issue has a feature article and lesson plan on one-room schools. Article topics include varieties of English, ESL versus EFL, pronunciation, vocabulary strategies, and word recognition exercises.

7. English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 1

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   This issue features an article on U.S. Poet Laureates and contains contemporary American poems and a lesson plan on reading, writing, and performing poetry. Other articles discuss reading strategies, teaching politically correct language, and using comic strips and radio programs in the classroom.

8. The Lighter Side: Football Transformers

   In: English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This issue's The Lighter Side introduces a word game with a football related theme.

9. Poetry Corner: Reading and Reacting to a Michigan Poem

   In: English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   “Poetry Corner: Reading and Reacting to a Michigan Poem” consists of activities targeting reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills using a Michigan poem called “How Is It That the Snow,” written by poet Robert Haight, who lives in Michigan.

10. Module 6: Managing Large Classes

    In: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Successful Practices Around the World Format(s): Text, Video

    This Module of the Shaping the Way we Teach English Series contains a lesson plan and accompanying video that is focused on how to manage large classes.

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