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Adults

• Adapting the L2 Classroom for Age-related Vision Impairments
  By Jessica A. Thonn
• Teaching Adult ESL Learners
  By Yi Yang

Authentic Materials / Realia

• Effective Ways to Use Authentic Materials with ESL/EFL Students
  By Charles Kelly, Lawrence Kelly, Mark Offner and Bruce Vorland
• Authentic Materials and Cultural Content in EFL Classrooms
  By Ferit Kilickaya
• Using Creative Thinking to Find New Uses for Realia
  By Simon Mumford

Autonomy

• Three Activities to Promote Learners' Autonomy
  By Galina Kavaliauskienë
• Getting Students Actively Involved Using "The Mistake Buster" Technique
  By Hai K.P. Huynh

Becoming a Better Teacher

• Matching Teaching Styles with Learning Styles in East Asian Contexts
  By Rao Zhenhui
• Team Teaching Tips for Foreign Language Teachers
  By Rebecca Benoit and Bridget Haugh
• The Importance of Eye Contact in the Classroom
  By Robert Ledbury, Ian White and Steve Darn

Business English

• My Philosophy for Teaching English for Business
  By Lawrence Baron
• Using Authentic Business Transcripts in the ESL Classroom
  By Jonathan Clifton
• Teaching Business Communication to LEP Students
  By Ken Lau
• Frameworking in Business English Classes
  By John Adamson
• Teaching Tips for ESL University Business English Instructors
  By William Brooks
• Methodology for Using Case Studies in the Business English Language Classroom
  By Peter Daly

Classroom Management

• Perpetual Motion: Keeping the Language Classroom Moving
  A technique that allows students to practice with as many different partners as possible.
  By Christopher Kelen
• Interesting Ways to Call Roll in Japan
  By Lawrence Klepinger
• Let Your Students Teach Their Class
  By Naoyoshi Ogawa and Dennis Wilkinson
• Encouraging Students to Interact with the Teacher
  By Roger Nunn
• What to Do with Failing Students
  By Marty Dawley
• Cultural Kickboxing in the ESL Classroom: Encouraging Active Participation
  By Jan Guidry Lacina
• A Group Introduction Activity to Create a Safe Atmosphere
  By Clay Bussinger

Computers

• Using Presentation Software to Enhance Language Learning
  By Miriam Schcolnik and Sara Kol
• Quick Tips for the CALL Laboratory
  By Brian Cullen and John Morris
• Using PowerPoint for ESL Teaching
  By Don L. Fisher

Conversation / Oral English

• Encouraging English Expression through Script-based Improvisations
  By Manette R. Berlinger
• Teaching Conversation Skills With Content Based Materials
  By Greg Goodmacher
• Using Pair Taping
  By Peter H. Schneider
• Teaching Conversation Strategies Through Pair-Taping
  By Nancy Washburn and Kiel Christianson
• Boosting Speaking Fluency through Partner Taping
  By David E. Kluge and Matthew A. Taylor
• Overcoming Chinese-English Colloquial Habits in Writing
  By Ted Knoy
• Communicative Language Teaching in a Multimedia Language Lab
  By Shih-Jen Huang and Hsiao-Fang Liu
• It's on the Cards: Adapting a Board-game Communicative Activity
  By Bob Gibson
• Leaving the Room: An Introduction to Theme-Based Oral English
  By Stewart Wachs
• The Talking Stick: An American Indian Tradition in the ESL Classroom
  By Kimberly Fujioka
• Role Playing/Simulation
  By Patricia K. Tompkins
• Brainstorming Before Speaking Tasks
  By Brian Cullen
• Teach Students to Interact, Not Just Talk
  By Gerard Counihan
• Five Steps to Using Your Textbook to Build a More Dynamic EFL Conversation Class
  By Stephen B. Ryan
• Dialog Performances: Developing Effective Communication Strategies for Non-English Majors in Japanese Universities
  By Susan Gilfert and Robert Croker
• Overcoming Common Problems Related to Communicative Methodology
  By Stephen B. Ryan
• Designing Simple Interactive Tasks for Small Groups
  By Roger Nunn
• Tips for Teaching Conversation in the Multilingual ESL Classroom
  By Cara Pulick
• Teaching "How are You" to ESL Students
  By Brendan Daly
• Using Games to Promote Communicative Skills in Language Learning
  By Chen, I-Jung
• Facilitating English Conversation Development in Large Classrooms
  By Gerry Gibson
• Helping EFL/ESL Students by Asking Quality Questions
  By Nasreen Hussain
• Successful Classroom Discussions with Adult Korean ESL/EFL Learners
  By Hye-Yeon Lim & W. I. Griffith
• Increasing Authentic Speech in Classroom Discussions
  By Georgia Smyrniou
• Designing Simple Interactive Tasks for Small Groups
  By Roger Nunn
• A Practical and Effective Way to Enhance the ESL Students' Oral Competence
  By Yichu Qi

Culture

• Practical Techniques for Teaching Culture in the EFL Classroom
  By Brian Cullen and Kazuyoshi Sato
• Role Play in Teaching Culture: Six Quick Steps for Classroom Implementation
  By Maria A. Kodotchigova
• Compliments: Integrating Cultural Values into Oral English Classes
  By Chou, Yen-Lin
• Role Play in Teaching Culture: Six Quick Steps for Classroom Implementation
  By Maria A. Kodotchigova
• Guidelines to Evaluate Cultural Content in Textbooks
  By Ferit Kilickaya

Drama

• Drama Techniques for Teaching English
  By Vani Chauhan

Four Skills

• Using Picture Dictation Exercises for Practising All Four Skills
  By Sylvia Sao Leng Ieong
• Teaching the Four Skills in the Primary EFL Classroom
  By Marcos Peñate Cabrera and Plácido Bazo

Grammar

• The Structural Drill in Remedial Teaching
  By Felix Moses
• Classroom Techniques for Contextualization:
  How to make "This is a pen." a pragmatically motivated utterance.
  By Yoshinori Sasaki
• A Technique for Practising Conditional Sentences
  By Galina Kavaliauskiene
• Grammar Correction in ESL/EFL Writing Classes May Not Be Effective
  By Ronald Gray
• Doing Things with Sentences in the ESL Classroom
  By Simon Mumford
• Teaching ESL Students to "Notice" Grammar
  By Francis J. Noonan III
• Using Simple Poems to Teach Grammar
  By Hawanum Hussein
• Communicative Grammar -- It's Time to Talk.
  By Noriko Nishiguchi
• Empowering English Teachers to Grapple with Errors in Grammar
  By Caroline Mei Lin Ho
• Helping Students with Modals
  By Michael Thompson
• A Technique for Practising Conditional Sentences
  By Galina Kavaliauskiene

Humor / Humour

• Using Humour in the Second Language Classroom
  By Paul-Emile Chiasson

Ideas

• 75 ESL Teaching Ideas
  By Hall Houston

Internet

• Using the Internet in ESL Writing Instruction
  By Jarek Krajka
• Some Possibilities for Using On-line Newspapers in the ESL Classroom
  By Jarek Krajka
• Getting Your Class Connected
  Some ideas on using e-mail and homepages.
  By Dennis E. Wilkinson
• Activities for Using Junk Email in the ESL/EFL Classroom
  By Suggested ways to use junk mail and some ready-to-use handouts for the classroom.
  By Michael Ivy
  
• Let the E-mail Software Do the Work: Time Saving Features for the Writing Teacher
  By Ron Belisle
• Discussion Forums for ESL Learning
  By Peter Connell
• Report on a Penpal Project, and Tips for Penpal-Project Success
  By Vera Mello
• Using E-mail in Foreign Language Teaching: Rationale and Suggestions
  By Margaret Gonglewski, Christine Meloni and Jocelyne Brant
• How to Build a Multimedia Website for Language Study
  By Randall S. Davis
• Making Chat Activities with Native Speakers Meaningful for EFL Learners
  By Jo Mynard
• Interactivity Tools in Online Learning
  By Chien-Ching Lee
• Teaching Search Engines to ESL Students: Avoiding the Avalanche
  By Kirsten Lincoln
• Teaching EFL/ESL Students How to Use Search Engines and Develop their English
  By Rupert Herington
• Interactivity Tools in Online Learning
  By Chien-Ching Lee
• Making Chat Activities with Native Speakers Meaningful for EFL Learners
  By Jo Mynard
• How to Build a Multimedia Website for Language Study
  By Randall S. Davis
• Quick Tips for the CALL Laboratory
  By Brian Cullen and John Morris
• Creating a Learning Community Through Electronic Journaling
  By Anne Bollati
• A Model of Team Teaching in a Web-mediated EAP Course
  By Mihye Harker & Dimitra Koutsantoni
• Using LiveJournal for Authentic Communication in EFL Classes
  By Aaron Patric Campbell
• Weblogs for Use with ESL Classes
  By Aaron Patric Campbell

Listening

• Getting the Most from Textbook Listening Activities
  By Thomas Lavelle
• Training for Impromptu Speaking and Testing Active Listening With a Focus on Japanese Students
  By Cecilia B-Ikeguchi
• Dictation Drawing
  By Brian Grover
• Real Audio to Augment Real Listening in the ESL Classroom
  By Frank Tuzi
• Self-Instruction by Audio Cassette
  By John Small
• Dictation as a Language Learning Device
  By Scott Alkire
• Focused Listening with Songs
  By Isaiah WonHo Yoo
• Listening Activities for Effective Top-down Processing
  By Ji Lingzhu
• Dictation as a Language Learning Device
  By Scott Alkire

Material Development / Activity Ideas

• Redesigning Non-Task-Based Materials to Fit a Task-Based Framework
  By Kevin Rooney
• A Holistic Classroom Activity - The Class Survey
  By Roger Nunn
• Three Activities to Promote Learners' Autonomy
  By Galina Kavaliauskienë

Motivation

• Sustaining an Interest in Learning English and Increasing the Motivation to Learn English: An Enrichment Program
  By Supyan Hussin, Nooreiny Maarof, and J. V. D'Cruz
• Helping ESL Learners to See Their Own Improvement
  By Upendran Subrahmanian
• Communicating Success
  By Trevor Sargent
• Creative and Critical Thinking in Language Classrooms
  By Muhammad Kamarul Kabilan
• Learner Training for Learner Autonomy on Summer Language Courses
  By Ciarán P. McCarthy
• Encouraging Students to Become Stakeholders in the ESL Classroom
  By Karen Bordonaro
• Motivation in the ESL Classroom
  By William T. Lile

Music and Songs

• Music and Song in Discussion
  By Brian Cullen
• Song Dictation
  By Brian Cullen
• Teaching Phrasal Verbs Using Songs
  By Subrahmanian Upendran
• Helping Prospective EFL Teachers Learn How to Use Songs in Teaching Conversation Classes
  By Natalia F. Orlova
• Focused Listening with Songs
  By Isaiah WonHo Yoo

Pronunciation

• Some Techniques for Teaching Pronunciation
  By David F. Dalton
• Testing Some Suprasegmental Features of English Speech
  By Mehmet Celik
• Teaching English Intonation to EFL/ESLStudents
  By Mehmet Celik
• Reverse Accent Mimicry: An Accent Reduction Technique for Second Language Learners
  By Laurence M. Hilton
• A Quick Way to Improve /r/ and /l/ Pronunciation
  By Tim Greer
• Teaching English Intonation to EFL/ESLStudents
  By Mehmet Celik

Public Speaking

• Teaching Debate to ESL Students: A Six-Class Unit
  By Daniel Krieger
• Guiding ESL Students Towards Independent Speech Making
  By Françoise Nunn and Roger Nunn
• A Genre Approach to Oral Presentations
  By Fiona Webster

Reading

• Teaching EFL/ESL Students How to Read Time and Newsweek
  By J. Ignacio Bermejo
• Graffiti for ESL Readers
  Describes an activity using content-based articles.
  By Brent Buhler
• Reading and Writing through Neuro-Linguistic Programming
  By Tom Maguire
• How to Read Nonfictional English Text Faster and More Effectively
  By Helmut Stiefenhöfer
• What Do We Test When We Test Reading Comprehension?
  By Akmar Mohamad
• Teaching ESL Reading Using Computers
  By Saad AlKahtani
• An Integrated Approach to Teaching Literature in the EFL Classroom
  By Christine Savvidou
• A Fun Reading Quiz Game
  By Madhavi Gayathri Raman
• Reading Aloud (Out Loud) in Conversational English Classes
  By Derek Kelly
• Using Children's Literature with Young Learners
  By Eowyn Brown
• Using News Stories in the ESL Classroom
  By Robin Antepara

Testing

• A Method for Oral Testing in University English Programs at Korean Universities
  By David B. Kent
• Measuring Word Recognition Using a Picture
  By Jungok Bae

Video

• Developing Film Study Guides
  By Donna Hurst Tatsuki
• Developing an English for Specific Purposes Course Using a Learner Centered Approach: A Russian Experience
  By Pavel V. Sysoyev
• Videotaping an English Mini-drama in Your Classroom
  By David G. Magnusson
• Using CNN News Video in the EFL Classroom
  By Alan S. Mackenzie
• Content Video in the EFL Classroom
  By Michael Furmanovsky
• Captioned Video: Making it Work for You
  By Randall S. Davis
• Using Movie Trailers in an ESL CALL Class
  By John Gebhardt
• Video Production in the Foreign Language Classroom: Some Practical Ideas
  By Sebastian Brooke

Vocabulary

• Personal Vocabulary Notes
  By Joshua Kurzweil
• Learner-centered Vocabulary Building Practice
  By Sadia Yasser Ali
• A Learner-Centred Approach to Vocabulary Review Using Bingo
  By Galina Kavaliauskienë
• Songs, Verse and Games for Teaching Grammar
  By Arif Saricoban & Esen Metin
• Deductive & Inductive Lessons for Saudi EFL Freshmen Students
  By Mohammed Y. Al-Kharrat
• Warm-up Exercises in Listening Classes
  By Zhang Yi Jun
• Getting Japanese Children to Make Use of Naturally-sounding English in the Classroom
  By Junko Yamamoto
• Vocabulary Teaching Using Student-Written Dialogues
  By Alice Dana Delaney Walker
• Teaching Vocabulary to Japanese Students: A Lexical Approach
  By Kwabena Asare
• Drilling Can Be Fun
  By Simon Mumford
• The Use of Corpora in the Vocabulary Classroom
  By Yu Hua Chen
• Building Vocabulary Through Prefixes, Roots & Suffixes
  By William Pittman
• Personal Vocabulary Notes
  By Joshua Kurzweil
• Teaching Vocabulary to Japanese Students: A Lexical Approach
  By Kwabena Asare
• Measuring Word Recognition Using a Picture
  By Jungok Bae

Writing

• Secret Partner Journals for Motivation, Fluency and Fun
  By Timothy Stewart
• Reading and Writing through Neuro-Linguistic Programming
  By Tom Maguire
• A Peer Review Activity for Essay Organization
  By Bob Gibson
• Making Jigsaw Activities Using Newspaper Articles
  By David Dycus
• Using Postcards in the Classroom
  By Peter Lobell
• Less Is More: Summary Writing and Sentence Structure in the Advanced ESL Classroom
  By George L. Greaney
• Teaching Integrated Writing Skills
  By Cecilia B-Ikeguchi
• Correcting Students' Writing
  By Bryan Murphy
• Using E-mail in EFL Writing Classes
  By Eui-Kap Lee
• Approaching Writing Skills through Fairy Tales
  By Silvia Bruti
• Teaching ESL/EFL Students to Write Better
  By Yesim Cimcoz
• English Writing Program for Engineering Students
  By Hui Mien Tan
• Freewriting, Prompts and Feedback
  By Kenneth J. Dickson
• Portfolios and Process Writing: A Practical Approach
  By Simon Rea
• Interactive Writing in the EFL Class: A Repertoire of Tasks
  By María Palmira Massi
• Using Cooperative Learning to Integrate Thinking and Information Technology in a Content-Based Writing Lesson
  By Gabriel Tan, Patrick B Gallo, George M Jacobs and Christine Kim-Eng Lee
• Encouraging Engineering Students to Write Simple Essays
  By Thevy Rajaretnam
• Integrating Writing with Reading
  By Yang Shuying
• The Process Writing Method
  By Daniel J. Jarvis
• Suggestions for Evaluating ESL Writing Holistically
  By Matthew W. Currier
• Developing Writing Skills in a Foreign Language via the Internet
  By Roger C. Kenworthy
• Creating a Writing Course Utilizing Class and Student Blogs
  By Andrew Johnson
• A Fun Way to Generate Ideas for Comparison Paragraphs
  By Melodie Cook
• Seeing is Understanding: Improving Coherence in Students' Writing
  By Chien-Ching Lee
• Developing Task-based Writing with Adolescent EFL Students
  By Maria Cabral
• Providing Feedback on ESL Students' Written Assignments
  By Jason Gordon Williams
• Simple Steps to Successful Revision in L2 Writing
  By Catherine Coleman
• Teaching TESOL Undergraduates to Organize and Write Literature Reviews
  By Roberto Criollo
• The Process Writing Method
  By Daniel J. Jarvis
• Integrating Writing with Reading
  By Yang Shuying
• Encouraging Engineering Students to Write Simple Essays
  By Thevy Rajaretnam

Other

• Maximizing Study Trips Abroad
  By Howard Higa
• The Application of Universal Instructional Design to ESL Teaching
  By Kregg C. Strehorn
• BaFa BaFa: Does it Work with University EFL Learners?
  By Donald Glenn Carroll
• A Tutor-Guided Learning Scheme in a Self-Access Centre
  By Lai Lai Kwan
• Improving Science Students' Fluency through Project Work
  By Nebila Dhieb-Henia
• Using Service-Learning as Part of an ESL Program
  By James M. Minor
• Incorporating Critical Thinking Skills Development into ESL/EFL Courses
  By Andy Halvorsen
• Helping ESL Learners to Minimize Collocational Errors
  By Rotimi Taiwo
• Using Concept Maps to Gauge Students' Understanding
  By Lee Chien Ching
• Content Based ESL Curriculum and Academic Language Proficiency
  By Clara Lee Brown
• Using Pictures from Magazines
  By Joep van der Werff
• Enhancing Critical Thinking with Structured Controversial Dialogues
  By Hanizah Zainuddin & Rashid A. Moore
• Using Expectations to Improve Learning
  By Gena Bennett
• Integrating Language Learning Strategy Instruction into ESL/EFL Lessons
  By Catherine Y. Kinoshita
• Using Checklists to "Standardise" Content
  By Chien-Ching Lee
• Games in the ESL and EFL Class
  By Angkana Deesri
• Overcoming Common Problems Related to Communicative Methodology
  By Stephen B. Ryan

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