One-Room Schools

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 2 showing a small white house in a field

This article discusses the history of "One-Room Schools" from their prominence in America from the early 1800s to their decline post World War 2 to today. Also included is an interview with two cousins who attended one-room schools in rural southern Pennsylvania in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Phyllis McIntosh

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 2 showing a small white house in a field

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 2 showing a small white house in a field

English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 2

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.