SMART Goals, Better Outcomes: Transforming English Language Learning Through Student Goal-Setting

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Nicole Brun-Mercer explains how SMART goals strengthen student motivation and academic progress. The article offers step-by-step guidance, classroom activities, and reflection tools to help learners set meaningful goals and track their growth across an academic term.

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English Teaching Forum Volume 64, Number 1

Dive into the newest issue of English Teaching Forum, where fresh ideas meet classroom creativity. Explore engaging approaches to American short stories, student goal-setting, poetry, and language, plus a practical technique called Language Anchors. This issue also...

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