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1. Beyond Proficiency: Nurturing Critical Thinking Skills in the EFL Classroom

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   Develop a shared understanding of what it means to “think critically," and examine why teachers should devote time to helping students develop a critical thinking mindset.

2. Lesson Planning 101: Mapping Activities for a Clear Path to Learning

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This webinar teaches participants to create "road map" classroom activities.

3. Adapting Materials to Meet Your Classroom Needs

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This webinar teaches useful techniques to successfully adapt materials for your classroom.

4. Implementing Humor Instruction in English Language Teaching

   In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The authors demonstrate the importance of understanding kinds of humor that differ across cultures and offer clear suggestions for teaching three kinds—verbal irony, memes, and satirical news—with examples that can help students develop humor competency and enhance their twenty-first-century skills, including digital and media literacy.

5. Using Story Retelling Wheels with Young Learners

   In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The author describes how to use “story retelling wheels” as scaffolding devices to support young learners as they develop the important skill of being able to retell stories that they have heard and comprehended.

6. Reader’s Guide

   In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This guide is designed to enrich your reading of the articles in this issue. You may choose to read them on your own, taking notes or jotting down answers to the discussion questions below. Or you may use the guide to explore the articles with colleagues.

7. A Simple “mmm” Technique to Teach Word Stress and Intonation in English

   In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The author uses specific examples to demonstrate how the “mmm” technique can help students improve stress and intonation of words and sentences.

8. Developing Discussion and Tutorial Leadership Skills in EFL Learners

   In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The author explains how to use student-led tutorials to develop learners’ presentation, discussion, and listening skills creatively; among other benefits, the tutorials can increase all students’ social-discourse skills as they manage small-group discussions about topics of their own choosing.

9. Balancing Online Classes, Fun, and Kinesthetic Intelligence for Beginning Students

   In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Here are a few basic ways to get beginning students talking and learning while using their home surroundings and items they find as resources for their lessons.

10. My Classroom: Ecuador (Galápagos Islands)

    In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 3 Format(s): Text

    Learn how Sandra Urgilez meets the challenges of transitioning to online teaching while incorporating content and issues relevant to her students in the unique environment in which they live and learn.

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