Forum: Teaching ESL 
Dec 20th, 2012, 01:31 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 5th, 2012, 09:46 pm
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Views: 10,700  Re: Your strategies for large classes
Groups are good, and rotation works well too.
Have you tried something akin to speed dating? Maybe that subject itself would be culturally unacceptable where you are teaching, but it could easily...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 5th, 2012, 09:38 pm
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Views: 98,359 Re: Teaching English to 6-8 year olds
Lots of great ideas above, but I've always found that the best way to deal with that age group is a combination of variety + routine.
It sounds at first as if I'm talking through my hat, but hear...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 30th, 2012, 03:27 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 10,700 Re: Your strategies for large classes
A simple but effective activity for a class like yours is random role plays. I would split them into threes or fours to start. Then you have some basic role play elements on slips of paper and put...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 31st, 2012, 10:17 am
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Views: 5,617 Re: Teaching 8 year old with no english knowledge
Hi:
What is your student's L1? If she already uses our alphabet you can use it, along with gestures and expressions to start teaching her the basics. I think you'll find she picks things up very...
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Forum: General Chat
Jun 29th, 2012, 10:45 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,531 Re: difficult child
I know this is old-fashioned, and I may be completely vilified for suggesting it, but has anyone considered punishment?
You've mentioned that the parents have a good behaviour chart to reward him...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 30th, 2012, 10:12 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 28th, 2012, 03:16 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,051 Re: Can anyone help please?
Is South Korea your only target? It might be worth considering other countries in Asia. I've been working in Indonesia for 7 years and love it. I just signed on for another 2. I can tell you that...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 30th, 2012, 01:11 am
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Views: 4,056 Re: Starting ESL Teaching Job Mid-Year- SOS!!!
Hi:
I'm a DoS in a language centre in Indonesia, and we do quite a lot of work with local schools. I've dealt with school classes a lot over the past few years.
The fact that they don't have a...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Dec 23rd, 2011, 12:21 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,909 Re: 3 year olds!
Another quick and easy flashcard game for little ones is "Four Walls". Take four flashcards with your target vocabulary and stick one to each wall of the classroom. Have the kids stand in the centre...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 24th, 2011, 06:07 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,097 Re: How much to teach a 3 year old
We've been teaching small groups of 3 year old for a couple of years now in BSD, Tangerang, Indonesia. We use a mixture of foreign and local teachers, but still manage to do everything without using...
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Forum: General Chat
Aug 22nd, 2011, 10:29 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,401 Re: Degree Requirements
Indonesia may be another option. Immigration authorities here have been talking about restricting the esl market to degree holders only for some time now, but many non-degree holders still seem to be...
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Forum: General Chat
Aug 22nd, 2011, 10:22 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 16,530 Re: Do you make enough money in ESL as a career?
I'm in Indonesia, a place called BSD in Tangerang. It souds exotic but in reality its actually a southwestern suburb of Jakarta.
I've been in esl teaching for about 10 years now, so I guess it's...
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