Highlights from Previous Issues
2006

December 2006

• Teaching Techniques
  • Discussions in the EFL Classroom: Some Problems and How to Solve Them
    By James Venema
  • Staging Musicals with ESL/EFL Students
    By Lori Zenuk-Nishide and Andrea Paul
  • Motivating ESL/EFL Students to Use English Through Movie Making
    By Dana Hazzard
  • Participatory Learning Techniques for Socio-cultural ESP Students
    By Roberto Guibert Domínguez
• Lessons & Lesson Plans
  • A Brainstorming Activity for ESL/EFL Students
    By Hall Houston
• Articles
  • Connecting Reading and Writing in College EFL Courses
    By Jui-min Tsai

November 2006

• Teaching Techniques
  • Teaching Speaking: Activities to Promote Speaking in a Second Language
    By Hayriye Kayi
  • Content-based Instruction in the EFL Literature Curriculum
    By Hui-fang Shang
  • Developing Speaking Skills in the Young Learners Classroom
    By Natasa Intihar Klancar
  • Conquering Chinese English in the ESL Classroom
    By Helena Prins
  • Name Signs: An Easy Way to Learn Student Names
    By Ben Shearon
• Lessons & Lesson Plans
  • Developing Presentation Skills by Using Authentic Literature
    By Holly Krech Thomas
  • Using Poster Presentations with ESL Students
    By Mark Firth
  • An Adaptable Four-skill ESL Information-gap Activity
    By Adam Murray
• Articles
  • Utopia or Chaos? The Impact of Technology on Language Teaching
    By Randall Davis
  • Co-teaching As a Possibility for Differentiated Instruction
    By Cecilia W. L. Chu

August 2006

• Teaching Techniques
  • Using Video to Develop Writing Fluency in Low-Proficiency ESL Students
    By Grant S. Wolf
  • Helping Students to see "Genres" as More Than "Text Types"
    By Ramona Tang
  • Using a Peer Assisted Writing Activity to Promote ESL/EFL Students' Narrative Writing Skills
    By Adeline (Lei) K. Teo
  • Using a Situation Comedy (Sitcom) to Enrich ESL/EFL Learners' Vocabulary
    By Chi-Yen Chiu
• Lessons & Lesson Plans
  • Group Forming Activities for ESL/EFL Students
    By Michael O'Connell

July 2006

• Teaching Techniques
  • Ten Good Games for Recycling Vocabulary
    By Mark Koprowski

April 2006

• Articles
  • Rhymes, Stories and Songs in the ESL Classroom
    By Joy L. M. Brown
• Teaching Techniques
  • Using Newspaper Articles Communicatively in the ESL Classroom
    By Jonathan Clifton
• Lessons & Lesson Plans
  • Communicative Group Activity: What's Your Opinion?
    By Mark Coughlin
  • A Lesson about Animals for ESL Students: Use or Abuse?
    By Daymon Macmillan

March 2006

• Articles
  • The Importance of Learning Styles in ESL/EFL
    By Tatyana Putintseva
  • TESOL Teachers as International Managers
    By Scott A. Hipsher
• Teaching Techniques
  • Scaffolding and Differentiating Instruction in Mixed Ability ESL Classes Using a Round Robin Activity
    By Margo DelliCarpini
  • Phone Tag - A Practical Activity for Using English
    By Aaron R. Hughes

February 2006

• Teaching Techniques
  • Combining Communication Strategies and Vocabulary Development
    By Jason Williams
  • ESL Listening Comprehension: Practical Guidelines for Teachers
    By Justine Ross
• Articles & Research Papers
  • Communicating Cross-Culturally: What Teachers Should Know
    By Yvonne Pratt-Johnson

January 2006

• Teaching Techniques
  • Defining Words: What Can Teachers and Students Do?
    By Jennifer Yun and Marely Cervantes
  • Dyslexia in the Language Classroom: Practical Guidelines for Teachers
    By Anna Krzyżak
• Lessons & Lesson Plans
  • Teaching the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine": A Handout for ESL/EFL Students
    By Bill Templer
• Articles & Research Papers
  • Motivation of ESL Teachers
    By Sebnem Suslu