English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 2
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This issue has a feature article and lesson plan on one-room schools. Article topics include varieties of English, ESL versus EFL, pronunciation, vocabulary strategies, and word recognition exercises.
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This author discusses an interactive model of reading in which there is a balance in activities between top-down processes and the less common bottom-up processes such as word recognition. The author suggests adding more word recognition activities in L2 reading pedagogy to improve reading efficienc
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Michael Crawford
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05-43-2-g.pdf
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This lesson plan, based on a short reading of a student’s description of a one-room schoolhouse, has a variety of activities, including group discussions, vocabulary practice, a spelling bee, research topics, interviews, and a task that has students exploring their own school.
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Aaron Carlson
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05-43-2-i.pdf
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The letters to the editor include a note from Stephen Krashen on the use of L1 in the classroom as well as a letter praising the forum for providing pre-service teachers in Cuba the opportunity to discuss ideas before entering the classroom.
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05-43-2-b.pdf
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history, one-room schoolhouse, inclusive, schoolhouse teacher, communities, interview, former students, websites, additional resources
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Phyllis McIntosh
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05-43-2-h.pdf
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This article identifies the most common differences among popular English pronunciation textbooks. Vowel symbols, number of diphthongs, and the different ways of marking primary and secondary stress are a few of the pronunciation features addressed. These differences can make it confusing and frustr
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Elisabeth Gareis
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05-43-2-e.pdf
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This article argues that EFL students need to be familiar with different varieties of English. If EFL students hope to enter a global job market, knowledge of English around the world is essential. The author, an English teacher in Japan, proposes doing classroom workshops on language variation and
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Toshiyuki Takagaki
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05-43-2-c.pdf
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The author argues for different teaching approaches in EFL vs. ESL settings. He points out the differences in student motivation and suggests how to select different activities for the two contexts (with examples of relevant activities). He gives guidelines for the appropriate role of L1 in each cla
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Daniel Krieger
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05-43-2-d.pdf
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This activity has students fill in the blanks of a sentence with two words that sound the same but are spelled differently with different meanings (heterographs).
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05-43-2-j.pdf
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This article provides several activities designed to teach strategies for learning vocabulary. The author explains why it is important to teach strategies and offers ways for students to work on strategies, from preparation to experimenting with different methods, to evaluation of the instruction. E
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Sarah Mercer
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05-43-2-f.pdf
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