| Forum: ESL Worksheets  Mar 28th, 2017, 11:36 am | 
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			Views: 10,154     Alaska Lesson 
 Since March 30, 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of the Alaska purchase, I made a worksheet on the history of that purchase for my adult classes. The level is lower intermediate (A2 for those...
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  | Forum: ESL Games and Activities  May 21st, 2013, 11:16 pm | 
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  | Forum: ESL Games and Activities  May 21st, 2013, 10:34 pm | 
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  May 21st, 2013, 10:32 pm | 
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			Views: 5,314     Re: Need help on my very large tricky classes! 
 try choral drills - something to involve the whole class.
 Or songs (e.g. the ABC song).
 When singing a song, you can divide the class into groups and give each group a word from the song, I tried...
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  Sep 28th, 2012, 03:58 am | 
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  May 28th, 2012, 04:58 am | 
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			Views: 100,678     Re: Teaching English to 6-8 year olds 
 I have been teaching 6-8 year-olds for a couple of years. Here are some tips that work for me:
 1) structure. Start each lesson the same way (no book required). Greet the student, wait for proper...
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  | Forum: ESL Games and Activities  May 10th, 2012, 10:48 pm | 
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  | Forum: ESL Games and Activities  May 10th, 2012, 10:47 pm | 
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			Views: 184,928     Re: Activities for the future tense "will" 
 I played a fortune telling game. Print some simple clip art pictures, e.g. a suitcase (for travel), a dollar sign (for wealth), a heart etc.; split the class into pairs - one S picks up a card and...
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  | Forum: ESL Games and Activities  Nov 11th, 2011, 10:35 am | 
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  | Forum: ESL Forms  Oct 20th, 2011, 11:44 am | 
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			Views: 32,503     Re: Lesson Plan Templates 
 context - the day's topic, i.e. colors/numbers/Halloween lesson etc.
 phase - either S for "study" (when you introduce new words, for example) or A for "activity" or "engage" when you sing a song or...
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  May 24th, 2010, 06:16 am | 
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			Views: 58,356     Re: Classroom management (discipline) 
 Hi and welcome to the forum.
 Have you talked to the parents? If a child seems overwhelmed by an unfamiliar environment, then maybe there are deeper problems that need to be solved BEFORE he/she can...
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  Apr 30th, 2010, 03:49 am | 
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			Views: 3,756     Lesson on the 2010 UK elections 
 Hi everyone
 
 is there a lesson plan anywhere on the upcoming UK elections? I am looking for material to use with my advanced adult learners...something more than just reading the candidates´ profiles...
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  Feb 8th, 2010, 05:36 am | 
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  Feb 8th, 2010, 05:31 am | 
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  | Forum: General Chat  Jul 10th, 2009, 09:09 am | 
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  Jul 8th, 2009, 01:12 am | 
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  Jul 6th, 2009, 06:40 am | 
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  Jul 4th, 2009, 10:35 am | 
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  Jul 4th, 2009, 10:35 am | 
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  Jul 3rd, 2009, 08:40 am | 
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			Views: 3,025     References 
 Hi. I have been teaching English as a freelance tutor for almost 3 years now. Students come and go and most of them (all of them:confused:) have improved/gotten better grades etc. I sometimes get...
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  Jul 3rd, 2009, 08:27 am | 
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			Views: 91,631     Months of the year for kids age 8-10 
 This is the lesson plan I´ve used many times to teach the months of the year (for 1st to 3rd graders). It can be adapted to your needs, especially the "Engage" phase which is our usual routine of...
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  | Forum: ESL Forms  Jul 3rd, 2009, 08:14 am | 
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  Jul 3rd, 2009, 08:02 am | 
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  Jun 21st, 2009, 12:42 pm | 
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			Views: 58,356     Re: Classroom management (discipline) 
 Hi there. Anyone still reading this thread?
 If so, success on the classroom management front. My undisciplined 2nd graders were my guinea pigs for something new and it worked!
 I divided the class...
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  | Forum: Teaching ESL  Jun 18th, 2009, 02:46 am | 
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			Views: 58,356     Re: Classroom management (discipline) 
 I realise that this thread has been going on for a while but mob control is an ever present situation in the classroom (unfortunately). I´ve been teaching ESL to kids for almost 3 years and have had...
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