Forum: English Questions 
Mar 10th, 2011, 12:24 am
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Views: 8,301  Re: long hair/mane
When it comes to describing and defining things effectively in English, a good reference is always a learner's dictionary using only English.
susan53's definition is a good example. Male lions have...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Mar 7th, 2011, 07:12 pm
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Views: 10,468 Re: Board games in large classes
Was there any other reason that the kids might have been uninterested? I know I have to deal with the Monday blues, and I have the most difficulty with classes right before lunch. Also, did you have...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Feb 24th, 2011, 09:04 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Dec 6th, 2010, 01:17 am
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Views: 3,826 Re: units of measurement
There really isn't a unit of measurement needed with something like a smoke detector. I would probably say "three smoke detectors." "Unit" acts more like a pronoun, so rather than say "this smoke...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Dec 3rd, 2010, 01:26 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 2nd, 2010, 08:58 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 22nd, 2010, 12:41 am
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Replies: 37
Views: 31,640 Re: first time teaching almost 3 year olds
I think letting them take turns with page-turning isn't a bad idea, unless you think they're easily excited and will tear it up. Me, I don't trust my kids. I control the materials in the classroom,...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 22nd, 2010, 12:34 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 19th, 2010, 01:11 am
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Replies: 37
Views: 31,640 Re: first time teaching almost 3 year olds
Have you thought about using other children's stories like Goldilocks and the 3 Bears? You can introduce Big and Little along with animals, food, furniture. You can teach colors together with animals...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Nov 18th, 2010, 12:40 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 99,640 Re: 10 minute games for teenage learners
No worries, Mark. I use enough of your materials at my school so I might as well help out by promoting them. It's the first place that I look for ideas, followed shortly by this website.
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Nov 15th, 2010, 09:12 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 99,640 Re: 10 minute games for teenage learners
Are you familiar with MES English? Mark has a lot of great games and activity sheets that you can print out. I use his spiders and candy game with all of my elementary students, and he has a lot of...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 10th, 2010, 07:07 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,704 Re: teaching young kids using only English
In Japan at private conversation schools, they discourage native English teachers from using any Japanese. Some schools will have Japanese teachers who teach grammar.
Currently I'm teaching at...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 9th, 2010, 10:08 pm
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Views: 3,062 Re: Teaching a Time Table for a Project
When I first read your post, I was a bit confused. So, the students have a to-do list, and you want them to arrange those things on a timeline or calendar? Is there any particular grammar or...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 9th, 2010, 09:47 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,511 Re: children's story time in English
You're welcome! I had heard about the Gruffalo story somewhere, but I didn't know what it was called. I'll have to track it down.
Good luck with storytime!
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 9th, 2010, 02:13 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,511 Re: children's story time in English
Lucky! You get to do storytime!
As part of my curriculum, I teach The Hungry Caterpillar and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Eric Carle. They cover very basic English and would be best...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 6th, 2010, 12:31 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,725 Re: applying new words
Can these adults make simple sentences independently? Maybe teaching the word along with an example sentence or sentence structure where they can use their new words will help. That's what I do with...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 6th, 2010, 12:25 am
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Replies: 37
Views: 31,640 Re: first time teaching almost 3 year olds
LouannePiccolo already posted one good idea.
I'm quite fond of Old McDonald, prepping the song by teaching the animals with picture cards and asking "A cow says?" Kids answer "MOO!" or the Chinese...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 5th, 2010, 12:33 am
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Replies: 37
Views: 31,640 Re: first time teaching almost 3 year olds
Beatrix,
I use trump cards to teach numbers, colors (sort of), and body parts.
Numbers: Using 1-10 cards, count together with the kids and deal one card for each number. When the number said...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 2nd, 2010, 12:23 am
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Replies: 37
Views: 31,640 Re: first time teaching almost 3 year olds
Sanjajerem and Beatrix,
I know the sometimes frustrating feeling of trying to teach pre-school aged children and getting nothing back from them. Some don't like dancing, some are crazy about...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 25th, 2010, 07:21 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,515 Re: how to teach
I've used the Interchange Intro and 1 books successfully with middle school students, and I treat it like a really fun adult lesson. I love playing games with adults, so my lessons tend to be a bit...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 25th, 2010, 07:00 pm
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Views: 2,388 Re: Finding films
Age appropriate TV shows/cartoons would be best, I imagine. Well, if you can access them over the internet (I'm assuming you're in China) and don't have qualms about copyright, there are always...
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