Journals in the Language Classroom

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 4 showing a town

This article discusses how to use paper-based journals as teaching tools in language classrooms. It describes the concept of writing to learn and provides some suggestions for teachers on how to use paper-based journals at the beginning, middle, and the end of class based on the author’s self-experience and his students’ feedback.

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Scott J. Baxter

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Teachers Writing Teacher Training Critical Thinking Project
Cover of English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 4 showing a town

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 4 showing a town

English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 4

Michigan, The Great Lakes State, is the subject of the feature article, an accompanying lesson plan, and a Poetry Corner. Topics of other articles include a description of tools for activating materials and tasks in the English language classroom, the “formeaning response” approach to teaching poetr