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1998

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Lessons & Lesson Plans
- The International Potluck: An Integrated-Skills Cross-Cultural Activity
  By Terry N. Williams
- Activities for Conversation Classes
  By Gerard Counihan
Articles & Research Papers
- Extensive Reading: Why? and How?
  By Timothy Bell
- Literacy Development Through Peer Reviews in a Freshman Composition Classroom
  By Julia Gousseva

Lessons & Lesson Plans
- Activities for Conversation Classes
  By Gerard Counihan
  - An Activity for Teaching Intonation Awareness to ESL/EFL Students
  - An Activity for Teaching ESL/EFL Students to Make Quick Replies
Teaching Techniques
- Communicating Success
  By Trevor Sargent
- Using E-mail in EFL Writing Classes
  By Eui-Kap Lee
Articles & Research Papers
- Comprehension Hot Spots in Movies: Scenes and Dialogs Which Are Difficult for ESL/EFL Students to Understand
  By Donna Hurst Tatsuki
- Using Films to Develop Learner Motivation
  By Stephen Ryan
- Crossing Cultural and Spatial Boundaries: A Cybercomposition Experience
  By Julia Gousseva
Teaching Tips
- My Philosophy for Teaching English for Business
  By Lawrence Baron

Lessons & Lesson Plans
- A Man for Every Purpose - Increasing Learners' Vocabulary Awareness
  Activities for the ESL Classroom using the numerous compound words in English that end in 'man'.
  By Rolf Palmberg
Teaching Techniques
- Music and Song in Discussion
  By Brian Cullen
Articles & Research Papers
- Different Attitudes Among Non-English Major EFL Students
  By Hsiu-Ju Lin and Clyde A. Warden
- A Comparison of L1 and L2 Reading: Cultural Differences and Schema
  By Meena Singhal
- One Benefit of Monolingual Dictionaries in the Writing Classroom
  By Randall Martin

Lessons & Lesson Plans
- Student-Led Lesson: Vacation Commercials
  By Carol Fritsch
- Three Classroom Activities
  By Gerard Counihan
Classroom Handouts
- Literary Terms - What's the Secret Message?
  A handout for upper-level students which reviews words such as 'alliteration', 'assonance', 'metaphor' and 'onomatopoeia'.
  By Janice Weiss
Teaching Techniques
- The Talking Stick: An American Indian Tradition in the ESL Classroom
  By Kimberly Fujioka
Articles
- The Internet: Making it Work in the ESL Classroom
  By Gerald Fox
- A Description of the Skill-based EAP Training for Pre-departure Students at the British Council in Jakarta
  By Tim Bell
- Employee Skills and Attitudes Utilized in Workplace ESL Training
  A description of how the author facilitated English language acquisition in the workplace.
  By Izabella Horvath

Lessons & Lesson Plans
- Talking Cards
  A conversation activity using a deck of playing cards.
  Michael J. Brown
- Two ESL Listening & Speaking Games
  "Name That Thought" and "What Is That Sound"
  Kimberly Davison-Fujioka
- Headline Completion
  An activity for conversation classes.
  Gerard Counihan
Classroom Handouts
- Making an English Web Page with Netscape Gold
  A handout which can be downloaded, slightly edited and used with your own students.
  Mark Peterson
Teaching Techniques
- Role Playing/Simulation
  Patricia K. Tompkins

Articles
- Gender Differences in E-mail Communication
  Paolo Rossetti
- The Development and Maintenance of The Internet TESL Journal
  Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
Teaching Techniques
- Brainstorming Before Speaking Tasks
  Brian Cullen
- Learner Training for Learner Autonomy on Summer Language Courses
  Ciarán P. McCarthy
- Teach Students to Interact, Not Just Talk
  Gerard Counihan

Articles
- Online Strategic Interaction: ESL Role-Playing via IRC
  A description of an Internet-based exercise that uses Strategic Interaction over an IRC network to practice writing.
  By Christopher M. Colburn
Lessons & Lesson Plans
- The "Tuning In" Listening Activity
  An activity aimed at constructing solid bottom-up skills while developing student self-reliance and confidence.
  By Jeff Leinaweaver
- Teaching the Movie "Men in Black" to ESL Students
  By Letitia Bradley
Book Review
- A Book Review of Dave Sperling's Internet Guide, Second Edition
  By L. M. Dryden

Articles
- Mentality Awareness - A Key to Personal Success in International Business Contacts
  Russian vs British mentality in business contacts
  By Pavel V. Sysoyev
Teaching Techniques
- Activities for Using Junk Email in the ESL/EFL Classroom
  Suggested ways to use junk mail and some ready-to-use handouts for the classroom.
  By Michael Ivy
Lessons & Lesson Plans
- What's the Truth?
  A good activity for the first class session.
  By Carole Allen Poppleton
- An Activity for Teaching the Purposes of Discourse
  By Carole Allen Poppleton