English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 3
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Baseball is the focus of this issue. "Baseball: A National Tradition" offers an in-depth look at this popular American sport, while the Lesson Plan provides activities to interest students in baseball. Other articles in this issue discuss teaching critical thinking to prepare EFL students for university success, setting up oral homework, using mobile phones in the language classroom, and an innovative way to use literature to teach advanced EFL students.
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This article, written for language learners, gives an overview of the sport of baseball, known as America’s “national pastime.” The author describes the history of the sport as well as how to play it. The author talks about the types of people who play baseball, from young children to the major leag
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USA
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Phyllis McIntosh
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48_3_6_feature-article.pdf
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This article explains how the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee (BRAC) revised their curriculum to best prepare EFL students for English-speaking universities. After completing a needs analysis on how to best serve their students, the committee decided to make a more interactive classro
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Mahmuda Yasmin Shaila and Beth Trudell
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48_3_2_shaila_trudell.pdf
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This article discusses the benefits and challenges of having students complete oral homework as a way to practice speaking skills. The author explains the technology necessary as well as steps to follow when using this type of homework when designing a course. Also provided is a detailed list of ass
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Elba Méndez
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48_3_3_mendez.pdf
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This lesson plan offers an opportunity for students to practice their language skills and learn more about the sport of baseball. There are three activities (that will take at least one class period each) aimed at a variety of levels. Students create baseball cards of themselves and flash cards abou
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Pairwork and Groupwork
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Harry Samuels
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48_3_7_lesson-plan.pdf
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This matching activity offers students words that are related to baseball but also have a second meaning. They must match the term with both meanings.
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48_3_8_lighter-side.pdf
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This article explains the trans-cultural comparative literature method, which uses elements of communicative language teaching (CLT) and grammar-translation (GT) while comparing two culturally different texts. This method focuses on grammar and vocabulary, but also gives students a chance to analyze
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Destan Sapargul and Valerie Sartor
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48_3_5_-sapargul_sartor.pdf
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Educators need to learn how best to use the increasingly popular mobile phone technology to support learning in the language classroom. This author outlines the benefits as well as potential problems and solutions of mobile phone use, giving twenty practical ideas for classroom activities, such as u
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Hayo Reinders
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48_3_4_reinders.pdf
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