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1. Board Game: Which One Would the World Be Better Without? Why?

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

   This game allows students to talk about hypothetical situations in an authentic and engaging way. For this board game, you will find the downloadable game, game instructions, and game variations.

2. English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 3

   Format(s): Text

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

3. 20th-Century Humanism and 21st-Century Technology: A Match Made in Cyberspace

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article discusses the origins of humanistic methodology and presents four humanistic classroom activities in traditional formats and in 21st-Century adaptations that use chat rooms, Nings, and social media.

4. Exploring Children's Picture Storybooks with Adult and Adolescent EFL Learners

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The author presents a theoretical framework for using picture storybooks in teaching EFL to adults, suggesting that the storybooks are helpful in teaching both mechanics and culture. The article provides activities and resources and suggests themes that can be explored through the picture storybooks.

5. Using Raphael's QARs as Differentiated Instruction with Picture Books

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   A differentiated instruction technique this author uses is Question Answer Relationships (QARs), a strategy to aid reading comprehension. The article describes four QAR types and demonstrates them in differentiated reading and writing lessons, with accompanying worksheets, based on a children’s book, The Carrot Seed.

6. Teaching Story without Struggle: Using Graded Readers and Their Audio Packs in the EFL Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The authors developed the Bimodal Narrative Approach (BNA), which expands the extensive reading approach by adding listening activities. The authors, who used this approach with teacher trainees, outline the use of a graded reader novel and audio pack in BNA reading and listening classes. Video-based activities and evaluation are also discussed.

7. Motorcycles on the Move

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Motorcycles are the subject of this feature article, which explores such topics as the history of motorcycles, types of motorcycles, special interest motorcycle clubs, motorcycle rallies, the Harley-Davidson company, and Rolling Thunder.

8. Classroom Activities

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 3 Format(s): Text

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

9. The Lighter Side: "Shop Talk"

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This puzzle asks questions about various parts of motorcycles; the answer to each question is then written in a grid.

10. Introduction to Reader's Theater for EFL Classrooms

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

    This webinar demonstrates how to facilitate Reader's Theater and how to use Reader's Theater as an enriching and productive English language learning activity.

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