Number 1
The feature article (PDF) in this issue is on snowboarding. A lesson plan, “Create Your Own Sporting Event (PDF),” continues the sporting theme. Other articles discuss professional development for teachers (PDF), writing for Wikipedia (PDF), grouping schemes for maximizing language learning (PDF), and teaching haiku writing (PDF).

Number 2
Continuing this year’s focus on American sports, the feature article (PDF) in this issue is about lacrosse. A lesson plan called “Be a Good Sport” (PDF) provides activities centering on lacrosse and on sportsmanship. Other articles in this issue discuss using films for intercultural training (PDF), differentiating between cooperation and collaboration in group work (PDF), and consciousness-raising and prepositions (PDF).

Number 3
Baseball is the focus of this issue. "Baseball: A National Tradition" (PDF) offers an in-depth look at this popular American sport, while the Lesson Plan (PDF) provides activities to interest students in baseball. Other articles in this issue discuss teaching critical thinking to prepare EFL students for university success (PDF), setting up oral homework (PDF), using mobile phones in the language classroom (PDF), and an innovative way to use literature to teach advanced EFL students (PDF)

Number 4
This issue features American football (PDF). The Athletes, Actions, and Adjectives (PDF) lesson plan introduces basic ideas about U.S. football team names. Following up, The Lighter Side (PDF) provides puzzles related to football. Other articles discuss using 'I-can' statements to promote confidence in writing (PDF), writing professional articles (PDF), macrostrategies for L2 teacher observation and feedback (PDF), and low-cost teaching tools (PDF).

Number 1
The feature article (PDF) in this issue is on snowboarding. A lesson plan, “Create Your Own Sporting Event (PDF),” continues the sporting theme. Other articles discuss professional development for teachers (PDF), writing for Wikipedia (PDF), grouping schemes for maximizing language learning (PDF), and teaching haiku writing (PDF).

Number 2
Continuing this year’s focus on American sports, the feature article (PDF) in this issue is about lacrosse. A lesson plan called “Be a Good Sport” (PDF) provides activities centering on lacrosse and on sportsmanship. Other articles in this issue discuss using films for intercultural training (PDF), differentiating between cooperation and collaboration in group work (PDF), and consciousness-raising and prepositions (PDF).

Editor's Note (PDF)
Max Koller

Intercultural Training with Films (PDF)
Christine Roell

Towards Better Group Work: Seeing the Difference between Cooperation and Collaboration (PDF)
Olga Kozar

Consciousness-Raising and Prepositions (PDF)
Monica Hendricks

Lacrosse: Inspiring Feats (PDF)
Phyllis McIntosh

Lesson Plan: Be a Good Sport! (PDF)
Diane Millar, Harry Samuels, and Frances Westbrook

The Lighter Side: Lacrosse Word Puzzle (PDF)
Tom Glass

Number 3
Baseball is the focus of this issue. "Baseball: A National Tradition" (PDF) offers an in-depth look at this popular American sport, while the Lesson Plan (PDF) provides activities to interest students in baseball. Other articles in this issue discuss teaching critical thinking to prepare EFL students for university success (PDF), setting up oral homework (PDF), using mobile phones in the language classroom (PDF), and an innovative way to use literature to teach advanced EFL students (PDF)

Editor's Note (PDF)
Max Koller

From Passive Learners to Critical Thinkers: Preparing EFL Students for University Success (PDF)
Mahmuda Yasmin Shaila and Beth Trudell

How to Set Up Oral Homework: A Case of Limited Technology (PDF)
Elba Méndez

Twenty Ideas for Using Mobile Phones in the Language Classroom (PDF)
Hayo Reinders

The Trans-Cultural Comparative Literature Method: Using Grammar Translation Techniques Effectively (PDF)
Destan Sapargul and Valerie Sartor

Baseball: A National Tradition (PDF)
Phyllis McIntosh

Lesson Plan: Baseball Stories, Cards,and Interviews (PDF)
Harry Samuels

Number 4
This issue features American football (PDF). The Athletes, Actions, and Adjectives (PDF) lesson plan introduces basic ideas about U.S. football team names. Following up, The Lighter Side (PDF) provides puzzles related to football. Other articles discuss using 'I-can' statements to promote confidence in writing (PDF), writing professional articles (PDF), macrostrategies for L2 teacher observation and feedback (PDF), and low-cost teaching tools (PDF).

Editor's Note (PDF)
Max Koller

Using Progressive I-Can Statements to Promote Learner Confidence in Writing (PDF)
Fife MacDuff, Khadija AlHayki, and Caroline Linse

Write That Professional Article! (PDF)
Anne Marie Burk

Looking for the Big Picture: Macrostrategies for L2 Teacher Observation and Feedback (PDF)
Spencer Salas and Leonardo Mercado

Ten Great Low-Cost Teaching Tools (PDF)
Kevin McCaughey

Football: Action on the Gridiron (PDF)
Phyllis McIntosh

Lesson Plan: Athletes, Actions, and Adjectives (PDF)
Diane Millar

The Lighter Side: Football Transformers (PDF)