An interview with Dr. Rosemary Beam de Azcona launches a study of the complexities of language and how meaning changes across languages and cultures. The investigation continues as class members view clips of the film, The Tailenders,...

A complete resource from BBC World Service provides informational text for English or ESL classes to teach vocabulary, grammar, and reading skills. Learners participate in small group work, whole class discussions, and role-plays to...

What have US-Japanese relations been like since the conclusion of World War II? Why do some commentators identify Japan's postwar years as a subordinate independence? Invite your young historians to research Japan's status in the world...

After your biologists have learned about transcription, translation, and gene regulation, they work in a small group to create a poster of a system that serves as an analogy of the gene regulation process. They share their creations with...

After learning the main ideas of the Decadent movement, students work in small groups to read and translate poems by the French poet Charles Baudelaire using basic etymology skills. They then read the accurate English translations to see...

An interesting approach to how to analyze a speech. Presents a rhetorical pentangle as well as a rhetorical triangle, where each of the vertices represents an item to analyze. There is also an outline of the different areas to examine in...

Comprehensive guide with 17 areas of suggestions and tips for delivering a successful class presentation. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF] CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4, SL.11-12.4 Presentation

In this Boundless Communication presentation, students will learn about contexts to consider when preparing a speech including physical, the psychology of audience, audience opinion of you and topic, and audience knowledge of the topic.

This website focuses on students the importance of having of outlining; it offers links to the discussion of four outlining concepts: Reasons for outlining, the Preparation outline, the Speaking outline, and the Rough Draft outline.

Students will learn ways and reasons to rehearse for a speech.

An article about public speaking that presents various strategies for recovering when one forgets what to say.

Over 20 useful tips on technical writing and public speaking. Many different categories within each topic are discussed. For public speaking tips, CLICK on the highlighted CLICK HERE at the end of paragraph 1.