Teaching Techniques: Running for Your Words!

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 4

This movement-based running-dictation activity transforms instructional texts and gap fills into collaborative communication tasks. Working in pairs, learners find, memorize, relay, and sequence instructions, reinforcing vocabulary, integrated language skills, and retention.

Author:
Laura Loder Büchel

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Teachers Learners Young Learners Beginner Vocabulary
Cover of English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 4

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 4

English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 4

This issue of English Teaching Forum explores ways to promote learner autonomy and active participation through student-created materials, visual prompts, and an innovative listening activity.