Forum: Teaching ESL 
Sep 5th, 2013, 12:27 am
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Views: 3,957  Re: Teaching English Online
For me, one of the biggest challenges was getting a stable enough internet connection to not keep losing the skype call. Here in Cambodia, the internet is getting better but it can be infuriatingly...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 5th, 2013, 12:22 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,514 Re: native speaker-help
I agree, you're not a native English speaker, but you are more than qualified to teach. Some countries just require that you have a passport from an English speaking country, some will look at your...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 5th, 2013, 12:11 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 31st, 2013, 12:01 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 25,586 Re: "Teaching" 5-6 year olds
Yes, I agree. You don't have to do arts and crafts.
Get yourself some flash cards, some good games and vary the lesson as much as possible.
I used to work on the 5 minute principal! Children get...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 31st, 2013, 11:52 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,324 Re: Need help on my very large tricky classes!
Wow! That sounds difficult! 80 students to a class, 45 minutes, 16 classes a week! They expect miracles from you!
Yes, I agree with the above post. Probably choral work is the best. Divide the class...
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Forum: General Chat
Feb 19th, 2013, 03:29 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 5,007 Re: article
A good article should have at least the following:
An intriguing title.
Introduction.
Well written paragraphs that flow into one another.
Conclusion.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 10th, 2013, 09:31 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,126 Re: Teaching ESL to a very active child
I agree with the above suggestion. Try to find something he likes and use that as much as possible in class. Maybe his favorite TV show, cartoon, football player or whatever!
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Forum: General Chat
Feb 3rd, 2013, 04:47 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,415 Re: do the English learn English?
When I was at school, I did a double English G.C.S.E. Which included both English Language and English Literature.
However, it wasn't as grammar focused as what some ESL courses are. I learned...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 31st, 2013, 10:35 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,465 Re: Improving Listening Skills
You could try playing them DVDs. If you play them on a laptop and use VLC player you can slow down the speed of the video. If you slow it down to much the speech sounds unnatural. But if you slow it...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 30th, 2013, 10:08 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 7,200 Re: Monthly Lesson Plans for 5 year olds?
When I was teaching classes of 5 year olds, I worked to the 5 minute principle! They only seem to have an attention span of 5 minutes, so I changed the activity regularly. If they seemed interested...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 30th, 2013, 09:55 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,073 Re: Frustrated Adult Student
It seems that your relationship isn't teacher/student, it's bordering on boyfriend/girlfriend as you said. Maybe you should ask on a relationship forum?!
That being said, maybe you're not the right...
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