Highlights from Previous Issues
2004

December 2004

• Teaching Techniques
  • A Model of Team Teaching in a Web-mediated EAP Course
    By Mihye Harker & Dimitra Koutsantoni
  • Guidelines to Evaluate Cultural Content in Textbooks
    By Ferit Kilickaya
  • Compliments: Integrating Cultural Values into Oral English Classes
    By Chou, Yen-Lin
• Articles
  • A School-based Management and Supervision Model in EFL Schools
    By Suleyman Davut Goker

November 2004

• Teaching Techniques
  • Grammar Correction in ESL/EFL Writing Classes May Not Be Effective
    By Ronald Gray
• Lessons & Lesson Plans
  • Writing with Style: Two Useful Strategies for Students
    By Steven Kenneth Ahola
  • Learning about Prejudice and Discrimination
    By Colleen Soares
  • Gender-Based Vowel Preferences and Their Use As a Teaching Tool
    By Cheryl Caesar
  • Flags: A Classroom Activity
    By Rebecca Belchamber
  • Fun Question Rounds for Children's English Classes
    By Joe Drakos

October 2004

• Teaching Techniques
  • Using Movie Trailers in an ESL CALL Class
    By John Gebhardt
  • Doing Things with Sentences in the ESL Classroom
    By Simon Mumford
  • Drama Techniques for Teaching English
    By Vani Chauhan
  • Developing Writing Skills in a Foreign Language via the Internet
    By Roger C. Kenworthy
• Lessons
  • Using Modern Art to Teach Language and Culture to ESL Students
    By Diane Watt
  • Using Advice Columns with ESL Students
    By Amy Gwen Larson
  • Three Extensive Reading Activities for ESL/EFL Students Using E-books
    By Mei-Ya Liang
  • Using Personal Photographs to Spark Narrative Writing
    By Steven Kenneth Ahola

September 2004

• Teaching Techniques
  • Using LiveJournal for Authentic Communication in EFL Classes
    By Aaron Patric Campbell
  • The Use of Corpora in the Vocabulary Classroom
    By Yu Hua Chen
  • Facilitating English Conversation Development in Large Classrooms
    By Gerry Gibson
• Lessons
  • Six Activities for Generating Enthusiasm in the Foreign Language Classroom
    By Philip Dave Ambard and Linda Katherine Ambard
  • Learning American Holidays Through Greeting Cards
    By Grace Chin-Wen Chien
  • Two Lessons to Promote Critical Thinking
    • Critical Thinking: How Much of You Is You?
      By Brent A. Jones
    • Critical Thinking: What a Character
      By Brent A. Jones
• Articles
  • Promoting Learners' Speaking Ability by Socioaffective Strategies
    By Chou, Yen-Lin

August 2004

• Teaching Techniques
  • A Fun Reading Quiz Game
    By Madhavi Gayathri Raman
  • A Quick Way to Improve /r/ and /l/ Pronunciation
    By Tim Greer
  • Creating a Writing Course Utilizing Class and Student Blogs
    By Andrew Johnson
  • The Importance of Eye Contact in the Classroom
    By Robert Ledbury, Ian White and Steve Darn
• Lessons
  • Discussing Cultural Knowledge for Life in the USA
    By Rebecca Allen
• Articles
  • Practical Ways Brain-based Research Applies to ESL Learners
    By Judy Lombardi
  • Using Online Grammar Quizzes for Language Learning
    By Thevy Rajaretnam
  • Creating New Names for Common Things in Cameroon English
    By Eric A. Anchimbe

July 2004

• Teaching Techniques
  • A Fun Way to Generate Ideas for Comparison Paragraphs
    By Melodie Cook
  • Reading Aloud (Out Loud) in Conversational English Classes
    By Derek Kelly
  • Seeing is Understanding: Improving Coherence in Students' Writing
    By Chien-Ching Lee
  • Teaching ESL Students to "Notice" Grammar
    By Francis J. Noonan III
  • Authentic Materials and Cultural Content in EFL Classrooms
    By Ferit Kilickaya
• Lessons
  • Intonation - It Does Matter!
    By Rebecca Allen
  • Facilitating Discussions of Newspaper Articles in the ESL/EFL Classroom
    By Brendan Daly
  • A Training Lesson Plan on Virtual Communities for EFL
    By Maria Teresa Ciaffaroni
• Articles
  • Considerations of Choosing an English-English Dictionary for ESL Students
    By Lindsay Taylor

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  May 2004

  • Teaching Techniques
    • Using Simple Poems to Teach Grammar
      By Hawanum Hussein
  • Lessons
    • Bronx Zoo Lesson Plan for Adult ESL Students
      By Virginia E. Clinton
  • Articles
    • Definition Plus Collocation in Vocabulary Teaching and Learning
      By Joseph G. Stockdale III
    • Scaffolding Academic Learning for Second Language Learners
      By Karen Sue Bradley & Jack Alden Bradley

April 2004

• Teaching Techniques
  • Helping ESL Learners to Minimize Collocational Errors
    By Rotimi Taiwo
• Lessons
  • Six Group Activities for Teaching ESL Children
    By Joanne Elliott
  • Activities to Teach the Count and Noncount Noun Distinction
    By Ron Belisle

March 2004

• Teaching Techniques
  • Using Concept Maps to Gauge Students' Understanding
    By Lee Chien Ching
• Lessons
  • The Simpsons in Japan: A Lesson on Stereotypes
    By Rachelle Meilleur
  • Similes in the ESL Classroom
    By Larry Pudwill

February 2004

• Teaching Techniques
  • Using Children's Literature with Young Learners
    By Eowyn Brown
  • Developing Task-based Writing with Adolescent EFL Students
    By Maria Cabral
  • Content Based ESL Curriculum and Academic Language Proficiency
    By Clara Lee Brown
• Articles
  • Creating a Healthy Learning Environment for Student Success in the Classroom
    By Bahaudin Mujtaba and Lisa Mujtaba
  • Perceptions and Stereotypes of ESL Students
    By Shirley A. Wright

January 2004

• Lessons
  • Ten More Conversation Lessons with Stories, Vocabulary Practice, Questions and Activities
    By Farzad Sharifian