Site Search

1. English Teaching Forum 2022, Volume 60, Number 3

   Format(s): Text

   Find strategies for helping students read with a purpose by creating books based on texts they have just read … using podcasts to support your language instruction … creating a comfortable, communicative classroom atmosphere … integrating various tech tools to support specific language-learning objectives … playing a group-based vocabulary review game … and much more.

2. Motivating Student Reading through Post-Reading Book Creation

   In: English Teaching Forum 2022, Volume 60, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The authors explain the importance of reading with a purpose—in this case, learners create a new book based on a text they have just read (or listened to).

3. Utilizing Podcasts in Virtual EFL Instruction

   In: English Teaching Forum 2022, Volume 60, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The author, Elizabeth Hanks, is the creator and host of her own English-learning podcast, and in this article she shares ideas for using pre-made EFL podcasts, creating your own podcasts, and using general audience podcasts to give students of various levels opportunities to practice all skills and “advance on their English-learning journey.”

4. Getting Students to Speak Up: Classroom Atmosphere Is Key

   In: English Teaching Forum 2022, Volume 60, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The author describes a challenge that is familiar to many language teachers: trying to get students to speak up independently, share thoughts, and participate authentically in the target language. The article includes general and specific tips for creating a comfortable, communicative classroom environment.

5. Reader's Guide

   In: English Teaching Forum 2022, Volume 60, 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.

6. Integrating Tech Tools to Support Various Modalities of Second Language Development

   In: English Teaching Forum 2022, Volume 60, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The authors highlight tech tools that they have found particularly useful in supporting the language-learning objectives they set in their classroom. The article includes examples from a unit of study to illustrate how the tools can be linked to specific instructional goals and tasks.

7. Reflections: Forum in 2022

   In: English Teaching Forum 2022, Volume 60, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This is the third of four articles looking at various aspects of Forum as the journal moves through its 60th year of publication. This article gives background on how the current sections of Forum were developed and explains the purposes that each section serves.

8. My Classroom: Mauritius

   In: English Teaching Forum 2022, Volume 60, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   Danielle Zélin runs her own school, the Language Mood English Club, and incorporates the surroundings (beach, forest, community) on the island of Mauritius in her teaching. The article describes Danielle’s approach to teaching, the many projects she oversees and takes part in, and the island’s lively, multi-lingual environment.

9. The Lighter Side: "Vanilla Rice Stream"

   In: English Teaching Forum 2022, Volume 60, Number 3 Format(s): E-book

   In this puzzle, two words in each sentence don’t make sense. Your job is to replace them with words that rhyme with the original words and make the sentence make sense.

10. Vocabulary Jigsaw Review

    In: English Teaching Forum 2022, Volume 60, Number 3 Format(s): Text

    The authors present a step-by-step guide to playing this group-based, interactive game in which learners use clues to find previously studied vocabulary. The game can be played with advanced-beginner learners and can be adapted for more-advanced learners.

Pages