English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 4

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This issue of English Teaching Forum explores practical ways to strengthen writing, speaking, grammar, and learner identity. It features approaches to lexical cohesion, self-authoring, podcast-based narrative writing, creative-dialogue assessment, and spoken fluency, along with adaptable classroom activities and a teacher profile from Ukraine.

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This guide is designed to enrich your reading of the articles in this issue. You may choose to read them on your own, taking notes or jotting down answers to the discussion questions below. Or you may use the guide to explore the articles with colleagues.
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In this article, the author describes a study on the use of a self-designed ESL online curriculum to cultivate self-authoring.

This article presents a three-strand approach to help L2 writers in EFL and English as a second language (ESL) instructional contexts achieve greater cohesion in their written work.

Learn how teacher Olga Afanasieva works through challenges to create opportunities for student success in this edition of My Classroom.
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Jean Lundbom
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In this Teaching Technique, learn how to help students improve their spoken grammar through pair counting.
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Stephanie Hanson

This word puzzle challenges learners to unscramble letters, identify words that match a series of clues, and determine what the answers have in common.

This teaching technique uses authentic storytelling podcasts as models for narrative writing.

In this activity, students discuss one of their favorite topics—themselves! The activity involves listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and it can be adapted for almost any language feature.
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