English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 1

This author presents variable and stimulating activities using songs to encourage students to connect with language.

This feature article presents the basics of birding, or bird watching, and discusses its appeal, especially to serious birders. A section on “citizen scientists” explains organizations that collect data on birds and describes projects they organize.

This article outlines reasons to use (or not use) the Internet in English language teaching, exploring the Internet as tutor and tool.

This section presents three stand-alone English language-learning activities related to birds.

This article lays out a 12-week digital storytelling project, describing the process in detail, including assessment, and pinpointing issues and challenges as well as benefits the project affords English language students.

This puzzle invites users to compare bird facts and use logic to determine the secret numbers assigned to ten birds.