English Teaching Forum 2014, Volume 52, Number 3
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Articles by contributors explore assessment literacy, the use of locally relevant authentic materials, a paragraph-first approach to academic writing, and entrepreneurship and student motivation.
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This article begins by evaluating how academic writing is taught in EFL/ESL contexts—historically, the sentence has been seen as the basic element of written communication.
Author:
David Gugin
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etf_52_3_pg24-29_combined.pdf
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This article presents principles and practices of effective assessment, outlining seven key concepts—usefulness, reliability, validity, practicality, washback, authenticity, and transparency—and demonstrating how to apply them in creating an exam blueprint.
Author:
Dawn Rogier
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etf_52_3_02-13.pdf
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This feature article highlights dog breeds that are popular in the United States and explores the health benefits and services that dogs provide to people. The article also discusses dog shows and dogs in popular culture.
Location:
USA
Author:
Phyllis McIntosh
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etf_52_3_38-46.pdf
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This section presents three stand-alone English language-learning activities related to dogs.
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Pairwork and Groupwork
Author:
Heather Benucci
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etf_52_3_47-52_classroom_activities.pdf
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This article describes a three-week project-based unit on entrepreneurship conducted with students in communications classes in an Academic English context.
Author:
Julie Vorholt and Erica Harris
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etf_52_3_30-37.pdf
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This article presents five categories of authentic materials and sources for materials along with ways to use them in the EFL classroom.
Author:
Catherine Thomas
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etf_52_3_14-23.pdf
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In this puzzle, readers use clues to fill in commands that someone might give to a dog.
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etf_52_3_lside_w_answer.pdf
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