Motivated to Work: The Power of Choice Boards

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 4

Author Laura Loder Buechel argues that giving students choices about which tasks and activities to complete can increase their motivation, enhance their language learning, and develop personal responsibility and time-management skills. The author presents a number of choice boards as examples, discusses ways to introduce them, and shows how to incorporate them productively into a lesson.

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Laura Loder Buechel

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 4

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 4

English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 4

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