Adapting Textbook Activities for Communicative Teaching and Cooperative Learning

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 3

This article discusses how textbooks can be adapted to include more communicative and cooperative activities in language classes, especially for teachers who are cautious about using Communicative Language Teaching and cooperative learning. It describes how small modifications can be made with minimal extra preparation, with results that help change textbook exercises into more communicative, authentic activities.

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Anson Yang; Chan-Piu Cheung

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 3

English Teaching Forum 2003, Volume 41, Number 3

This issue offers a wide range of topics to browse such as individualized learning and self-directed projects, adapting textbook activities, instructional writing tools, and pragmatics. Classroom technique articles include "Counseling and Oral Communication," "Techniques for Students New to the Lang