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2003

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December 2003

Teaching Techniques
- Teaching Business Communication to LEP Students
  By Ken Lau
- Using News Stories in the ESL Classroom
  By Robin Antepara
Articles
- Integrating English into an Elementary School Life Course
  By Grace Chin-Wen Chien

November 2003

Teaching Techniques
- Getting Students Actively Involved Using "The Mistake Buster" Technique
  By Hai K.P. Huynh
- Helping EFL/ESL Students by Asking Quality Questions
  By Nasreen Hussain
- Listening Activities for Effective Top-down Processing
  By Ji Lingzhu
Lessons
- Classroom Handout: The Order of Descriptive Adjectives
  By Yen-Ling Teresa Ting
Articles
- Learner Empowerment - A Perspective
  By Stephen R. Shrader
- A New Perspective on the Goals of TEFL in China
  By Lianzhang Liu

October 2003

Teaching Techniques
- Frameworking in Business English Classes
  By John Adamson
- Providing Feedback on ESL Students' Written Assignments
  By Jason Gordon Williams
- Video Production in the Foreign Language Classroom: Some Practical Ideas
  By Sebastian Brooke
Lessons
- Invitations and Requests in a Restaurant
  By David Dockhorn
Articles
- Mentoring Mainstream Teachers of ESL Students
  By Rosalie Mittica

August 2003

Teaching Techniques
- Participation Points System to Encourage Classroom Communication
  By David McLachlan Jeffrey
- Five Minute Lesson Fillers
  By Shelley A. Spencer
- Motivation and Learner Training Through Oral Quizzing
  By Joshua Kurzweil
Lessons
- Telling True Stories: Blending Multimedia in a Task-based Activity
  By Aiden Yeh
- Playing with Questions-A Game for Young Learners
  By Rania Bekiri
Articles
- Writing Scientific Project Applications for Peer Review
  By Catherine Histon

July 2003

Teaching Techniques
- Building Vocabulary Through Prefixes, Roots & Suffixes
  By William Pittman
- Using Pictures from Magazines
  By Joep van der Werff
Lessons
- Two Activities for Fostering Autonomous Learning
  By Galina Kavaliauskiene
Articles
- Roles and Competencies of Online Teachers
  By Vera Queiroz and Pollyana N. Mustaro

June 2003

Teaching Techniques
- Teaching Search Engines to ESL Students: Avoiding the Avalanche
  By Kirsten Lincoln
- Enhancing Critical Thinking with Structured Controversial Dialogues
  By Hanizah Zainuddin & Rashid A. Moore
Lessons
- A Lesson on Food Idioms
  By Yen-Ling Teresa Ting
Articles
- Why Teachers Should Use Timed Reading in ESL Classes
  By Jeremy Browning

May 2003

Teaching Techniques
- Simple Steps to Successful Revision in L2 Writing
  By Catherine Coleman
- Using Expectations to Improve Learning
  By Gena Bennett
- Successful Classroom Discussions with Adult Korean ESL/EFL Learners
  By Hye-Yeon Lim & W. I. Griffith

April 2003

Teaching Techniques
- Teaching TESOL Undergraduates to Organize and Write Literature Reviews
  By Roberto Criollo
- Integrating Language Learning Strategy Instruction into ESL/EFL Lessons
  By Catherine Y. Kinoshita
- Using PowerPoint for ESL Teaching
  By Don L. Fisher
- Communicative Grammar -- It's Time to Talk.
  By Noriko Nishiguchi
- Increasing Authentic Speech in Classroom Discussions
  By Georgia Smyrniou
Lessons
- Activities for the ESL Classroom Incorporating Reality-based TV
  By R. Alan Davis
Articles
- Multiple Intelligence Theory and the ESL Classroom -- Preliminary Considerations
  By Karen L. Currie
- Recording Speaking Tests for Oral Assessment
  By Iain Lambert

March 2003

Teaching Techniques
- A Group Introduction Activity to Create a Safe Atmosphere
  By Clay Bussinger
- Empowering English Teachers to Grapple with Errors in Grammar
  By Caroline Mei Lin Ho
- Helping Prospective EFL Teachers Learn How to Use Songs in Teaching Conversation Classes
  By Natalia F. Orlova
- Teaching Tips for ESL University Business English Instructors
  By William Brooks
- A Practical and Effective Way to Enhance the ESL Students' Oral Competence
  By Yichu Qi
Lessons
- Topic Based Lesson: All Kinds of Failure
  By Rhett Merz
Articles
- Letterland Pictogram Concept in EFL Teaching of Young Children
  By Oksana Yaverbaum
- Corpus Linguistics: What It Is and How It Can Be Applied to Teaching
  By Daniel Krieger
- Using Technology to Help ESL/EFL Students Develop Language Skills
  By Renee Ybarra and Tim Green
Word List
- List of High-Frequency Baseword Vocabulary for Japanese EFL Students #2
  By Frank E. Daulton

February 2003

Teaching Techniques
- Weblogs for Use with ESL Classes
  By Aaron Patric Campbell
- Using Picture Dictation Exercises for Practising All Four Skills
  By Sylvia Sao Leng Ieong
- Using Checklists to "Standardise" Content
  By Chien-Ching Lee
Lessons
- ESL Lessons Using Non-ESL Websites
  By Bruce Vorland
- A Story Building Activity Using "Not Enough" and "Too Many"
  By Michael Lovett
Articles
- Online File Storage for Teachers
  By Kosta Dimeropoulos
- Content-Based Instruction in EFL Contexts
  By Stephen J. Davies
- Improving Text Flow in ESL Learner Compositions
  By Isabel Alonso and Anne McCabe

January 2003

Articles
- An Overview of The Internet TESL Journal's Things for ESL Teachers and Activities for ESL Students
  By Charles Kelly
  Originally published in Using IT to Improve Language Teaching.

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