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

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

2. Fostering Student Motivation: Reflection and Self-Assessment with "I Can" Checklists

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   This week's teaching tip illustrates how to use an objectives-based checklist that asks students to reflect on and assess their progress.

3. Fostering Student Motivation: Self-Directed Learning with the "Reading Train"

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   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.

4. Teacher's Corner: Making Grammar Fun

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   This month’s Teacher’s Corner looks at ways to make grammar fun by teaching it in context.

5. Prepositions of Location: The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

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   This week’s activity focuses on teaching prepositions through a virtual visit to the U.S. National Museum of Natural History!

6. English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 4

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   English Teaching Forum supports the teaching of English around the world through the exchange of innovative, practical ideas. Below is a description of each section of the journal, along with suggestions about how to use it.

7. How Many Words is a Picture Worth?

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   The phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” indicates that a complex idea can be communicated by a single image.

8. Encouraging Learners to Create Language-Learning Materials

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   Student-produced materials are a powerful tool for promoting learner autonomy.

9. Listening Cloze Meets Info-Gap: A Hybrid Activity to Exploit Listening Materials

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   In twenty-first-century language teaching, the class should be student-centered and provide learners with skills that empower them in real-life situations.

10. Reader's Guide

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    This guide is designed to enrich your reading of the articles in this issue.

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