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1. Teaching Beyond the Test: A Method for Designing Test-Preparation Classes

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Test-preparation classes that focus on skills will benefit students beyond the test by developing skills they can use at university. This article discusses the purposes of various tests and outlines how to design effective test-prep classes. Practice activities included.

2. Minimizing the Chaos through Cooperative Classroom Management

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This article discusses techniques for organizing large classes to allow smooth transitions from whole-class discussions to individual and group work.

3. Boats, Boats Everywhere

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Boats are the subject of this feature article, which explores such topics as the age of steamboats, commercial boats, recreational boats, boating vocabulary, and the Mississippi River in American literature.

4. Classroom Activities

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 4 Format(s): Text

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

5. The Lighter Side: Rock the Boat

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This puzzle requires unscrambling the names of various boats and using designated letters to solve a riddle.

6. Count Your Sheep

   In: American Rhythms Format(s): MP3

   When would a person count sheep? When he or she is trying to fall asleep! Check out this great song called "Count Your Sheep" by ukulele player and singer Daniel Ho and singer Bridgette Bryant. Download the MP3!

7. Using the English Language to Connect with Teachers around the World

   “The discussions helped participants envision how the theories learned could better inform our materials writing,” Aliaa explains. “There were also collaborative materials development projects conducted in small groups via web-based document sharing applications.”

8. Picture This – Name It!

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

   In Name It!, players take turns using English to describe the items or ideas pictured on the Picture This cards. I

9. Picture This – Guess Which Challenge

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

   In Guess Which Challenge, students create sentences that use one of the words on a Picture This card.

10. Breakfast Lunch and Dinner

    In: American Rhythms Format(s): Text

    Jazz musician Kermit Ruffins performs along with a talented group of children in Breakfast Lunch and Dinner. Download the song and classroom activities.

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