English Teaching Forum 2011, Volume 49, Number 2
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Fishing, a hobby for people of all ages, sets the theme for this issue. Among the three Classroom Activities is one on the genre of fish stories. Contributor articles explore promoting genre awareness in the EFL classroom, establishing textual authority and separating voices in referencing, and using blogs and Ning networks in the classroom.
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These classrooms activities, which are designed for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students, focus on the issue’s fishing theme. Classroom activities include written and oral work, vocabulary, team work and individual work. Lessons include creating a vocabulary card game, oral story telling ba
Author:
Katie Ryan
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49_2_6_classroom-activities.pdf
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This article provides practical reasoning and tools for the ESOL teacher to better teach source referencing. The author argues that students from around the world are taught different concepts for using sources. Students often assume texts present truths that do not require analysis. Many cultures t
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Jennifer A. Mott-Smith
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49_2_3_mott-smith.pdf
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Fishing is the feature lesson topic for this issue. Catching fish with hooks is known as angling, which is why fishermen are typically called anglers. Americans fish in urban and rural settings and enjoy many different kinds of fishing including bass fishing, fly fishing and ice fishing. The article
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Phyllis McIntosh
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49_2_5_feature-article-1.pdf
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This article presents a student-centered technique for teaching writing to ESL and EFL students who are familiar with Internet-based technology. There are two classroom lessons which use blogs (an Internet-based diary tool accessible by many) and Ning networks (an Internet-based network created for
Author:
Isabela Villas Boas
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49_2_4_boas.pdf
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The author introduces genre awareness, a concept from ESP (English for Specific Purposes) and EAP (English for Academic Purposes), and relates it to its potential use in the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classroom. She explains genre awareness as the ability to use the communication tool that
Author:
Diane Millar
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49_2_2_millar.pdf
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There are two games. The first has five tongue twisters, each word missing a letter which the student must complete. The second game is a matching game, but the words are missing letters which the student must fill in before he/she completes the match. The games help with vocabulary and spelling.
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Individual Work; Pairwork and Groupwork
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49_2_7_lighter-side.pdf
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