Engaging Students as Tutors, Trainers, and Leaders

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The author describes how she created a student tutoring program that gave English as a foreign language university students meaningful teaching experience while providing support to younger English learners. The article outlines seven practical steps for developing a tutoring program while showing how tutoring can build students’ confidence, leadership skills, and love of teaching.

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Deirdre Derrick

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Teacher Educators Teachers Advanced Teacher Training Integrated Skills Curriculum Design
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English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 2 Front Cover

English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 2

This issue features articles on using applied theater to engage adolescent English learners in literacy, developing student tutoring programs, and helping students organize oral discourse. Other pieces offer techniques for teaching noun position and descriptive writing...