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1. Picture This – Simple Switches

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

   In Simple Switches, students ask each other questions that they have altered from the original question on a Picture This card.

2. Trace Effects Manual - Chapter 1

   In: Trace Effects Teacher's Manual Format(s): Text

   Download the Teacher's Manual for Chapter 1 of Trace Effects. The manual gives ideas for easy, interactive tasks to complement online games in the classroom.

3. English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 1

   Format(s): Text

   Birds are the subject of the feature article, Classroom Activities, and The Lighter Side in this issue.

4. CALL Me … Maybe: A Framework for Integrating the Internet into ELT

   In: English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article outlines reasons to use (or not use) the Internet in English language teaching, exploring the Internet as tutor and tool.

5. Beyond the Gap Fill: Dynamic Song Activities for Song in the EFL Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This author presents variable and stimulating activities using songs to encourage students to connect with language.

6. Digital Stories: A 21st-Century Communication Tool for the English Language Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article lays out a 12-week digital storytelling project, describing the process in detail, including assessment, and pinpointing issues and challenges as well as benefits the project affords English language students.

7. Back Translating: An Integrated Approach to Focus Learners' Attention on Their L2 Knowledge Gaps

   In: English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article describes a three-step process for using back translation in reading classes as a way to help students identify gaps in their English competence.

8. Birding—Fun and Science

   In: English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This feature article presents the basics of birding, or bird watching, and discusses its appeal, especially to serious birders. A section on “citizen scientists” explains organizations that collect data on birds and describes projects they organize.

9. Classroom Activities

   In: English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This section presents three stand-alone English language-learning activities related to birds.

10. The Lighter Side: "Bird Logic"

    In: English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 1 Format(s): Text

    This puzzle invites users to compare bird facts and use logic to determine the secret numbers assigned to ten birds.

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