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1. English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 3

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   Find detailed tips for successful cross-cultural collaboration … a methodological framework for using pop songs productively … suggestions for giving effective instructions in the classroom … an inside look at teaching in Zanzibar … an integrated-skills activity using pictures … and much more.

2. Past Issues of English Teaching Forum

   Browse online English Teaching Forum issues and articles dating back to 2001. To find a particular article or issue, search the past issues by year.

3. English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 2

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   Learn how to plan and conduct workshops with the Community of Inquiry framework ... guide your students to create innovative podcasts ... see how scavenger hunts provide fun ways to use English ... give learners opportunities to fill gaps in stories they read ... read about a place-based language-learning project in Bolivia ... make decisions about a college budget ... and much more.

4. Community of Inquiry as a Suitable Framework for Planning and Conducting English Language Teaching Workshops

   In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Author Jimalee Sowell explains the branches of the Community of Inquiry framework and shows how they can be applied to ELT workshops. Numerous examples are given, along with a sample workshop design that is based on collaborative writing but can serve as a model for workshops on other topics.

5. Innovative Student-Podcasting Activities: Enhancing Language and 21st-Century Skills

   In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Creating podcasts gives students opportunities to practice English in meaningful ways, be creative, and develop skills that can be put to use inside and outside the classroom. Author Enock Mbenza offers specific examples and provides organizational templates that students can apply to almost any topic.

6. Scavenger Hunts in ELT

   In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Laura Loder Buechel explores the many ways that scavenger hunts can add fun, movement, collaboration, and practical applications of knowledge to English language learning. The article includes detailed descriptions of different kinds of hunts, many of which are appropriate for young learners, and includes templates and ready-to-use ideas.

7. Reader’s Guide

   In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 2 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.

8. Reading (and Writing) beyond the Lines

   In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Author Vanesa Polastri loves to give her learners stories (and other texts) that contain “gaps of indeterminacy”—that is, missing information that the learners must provide by using hints in the texts, their own knowledge, and their imagination. The author suggests ways the technique can be used for learners of different ages and language levels.

9. My Classroom: Bolivia

   In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Learn how Claudia Andrade Serrano engaged her students with a place-based language-learning project that involved planting churqui-tree “seed bombs.” Students used English throughout the project, from making and planting the seed bombs to writing and sharing original poems about nature. The article, written by Susan Huss-Lederman, conveys the students’ enthusiasm and includes thoughts on how other teachers can try similar projects of their own.

10. A Challenge with the College Budget

    In: English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 2 Format(s): Text

    Aaron Mermelstein offers a ready-to-use way to give students a chance to make decisions about projects that could improve their college campus. The challenge is that the budget cannot cover every project, so students must decide which projects to fund—and they must be ready to defend their decisions.

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