Lessons & Lesson Plans

• The International Potluck: An Integrated-Skills Cross-Cultural Activity
  By Terry N. Williams

• Word Associations
• Possible Dangers Associated With Becoming a Millionaire Overnight
• Talking about the Top News Stories

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

• 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

• Nationalities and Their Stereotypes
• People Who Live the Longest
• What Type of Student Are You?

Classroom Handouts

• Literary Terms - What's the Secret Message?
  A handout for upper-level students which reviews words such as 'alliteration', 'assonance', 'metaphor' and 'onomatopeia'.
  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

• Teacher's Notes
• Vocabulary List
• Comprehension Questions

Book Reviews

• 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

Teaching Techniques

• Let the E-mail Software Do the Work: Time Saving Features for the Writing Teacher
  Ron Belisle

Lessons & Lesson Plans

• An Activity for Teaching Prepositions Associated with Time
  Lily Vered
• Accidents in the Home
  Gerard Counihan

Classroom Handouts

• Crossword Puzzle of Commonly-Used Similes
  Charles Kelly (See the answers if you need them)

Teaching Techniques

• Captioned Video: Making it Work for You
  Randall S. Davis
• Real Audio to Augment Real Listening in the ESL Classroom
  Frank Tuzi

Lessons & Lesson Plans

• Bringing Culture into the Classroom
  Chad Fryer and Lily Wong

• Checking into a Hotel in a Video-based Lesson
• Politeness in Movies
• Listening to Airplane Announcements in Movies
• Narrating in Simple Past with Video
• Jigsaw Reading Activity Using TV Listings
• Quiz about the Movie "The Graduate"

Classroom Handouts

• Crossword Puzzle of Common Masculine and Feminine Words
  Charles Kelly (See the answers if you need them)

Articles & Research Papers

• Thriving on Screen: Web-Authoring for L2 Instruction
  Jack Kimball

Classroom Handouts

• Useful American Idioms
  Lawrence Klepinger

Articles & Research Papers

• Pronunciation: What Are the Expectations?
  Marcus Otlowski
• A Product-Focused Approach to Text Summarisation
  Esther Uso Juan and Juan Carlos Palmer Silveira

Teaching Techniques

• Discussion Forums for ESL Learning
  Peter Connell
• Report on a Penpal Project, and Tips for Penpal-Project Success
  Vera Mello