Forum: Teaching ESL 
Jun 25th, 2008, 01:11 am
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Views: 30,687  Re: Teaching English in French primary schools
Hello there
Applying for the job was a bit strange really. I sent an email with a brief CV to the Académie explaining that I was interested in the work. I had a letter back saying that they would be...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 24th, 2008, 11:45 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,687 Re: Teaching English in French primary schools
Despite the theory that English is now all being taught by class teachers it is not the reality here in Normandy or elsewhere in France as far as I know. There are still quite a lot of people...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 19th, 2008, 12:42 am
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Views: 3,212 Role play
I am currently working on simple role play with classes of 7-10 year olds. I have around 25-30 in a class. We have been working on conversations between shopkeepers and customers. "Good morning, can...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 15th, 2008, 05:22 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,687 Re: Teaching English in French primary schools
I am also finding using the children's mini-whiteboards (ardoises) very useful. We put Yes on one side and No on the other in answer to questions like "is it a chair?", or I ask them to draw an item...
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Forum: English Questions
Apr 29th, 2008, 02:07 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,065 Re: Pills and Potions
On the other hand I don't see why "pills and injections" would be wrong. I think it is just a badly phrased question. "Pills and potions" is a widely used phrase in English, though.
regards
Lisa
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Forum: English Questions
Apr 9th, 2008, 08:20 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 12th, 2008, 09:30 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,235 Re: Any ideas in teaching writing?
Have you tried writing a class story together? That way you can help re-frame their ideas into sentences and model how a story gets put together. I would stick with story themes that are familiar to...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 11th, 2008, 08:28 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,713 Re: Votes is votes
I would think it is just an attempt at humour - a bit like the expression "as sure as eggs is eggs".
regards
Rouvrou
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 7th, 2008, 04:21 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,687 Re: Teaching English in French primary schools
I started with Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do You See? yesterday. They enjoyed the book, but next time I shall spend more time on the vocab before we try to read the book together. For assessment I...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 2nd, 2008, 03:33 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,687 Re: Teaching English in French primary schools
No Pernickety - I haven't seen it, I will ask the school about it. I am starting tomorrow with "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?" and have found some useful pictures on line to make flash...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 29th, 2008, 09:31 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,687 Re: Teaching English in French primary schools
I don't use worksheets much either Kevin as the emphasis is very much on aural / oral, with only a very little bit of written language for the older children. We do lots of games, songs, and oral...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 28th, 2008, 06:15 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,687 Re: Teaching English in French primary schools
Thanks Kevin. I will indeed have a look at "Get, Set Go", but I don't think the local inspectors / advisers would be too keen on the exclusive use of a commercial scheme and as a teacher I have...
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Forum: English Questions
Feb 22nd, 2008, 06:39 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 13,395 Re: Hire vs Rent
Yes I am British. You can certainly hire a person to do something - if you know your Thomas Hardy, then you will know that there were "hiring fairs" in the nineteenth century. This may be an example...
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Forum: English Questions
Feb 21st, 2008, 07:11 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 13,395 Re: Hire vs Rent
Hire a car and hire a motorbike both sound fine to me. You could even hire a deckchair and reasonably expect that it wouldn't have somebody already sitting in it!
regards
Lisa
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 15th, 2008, 03:24 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,687 Re: Teaching English in French primary schools
Many thanks cjj for your informative and detailed posts - there are lots of ideas here that I will try to use and adapt for my own situation.
It seems to me that what you are describing here covers...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 13th, 2008, 02:50 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,687 Re: Teaching English in French primary schools
Hi there!
I guess we are lucky in Normandy, because our local advisers have taken the European objectives and broken then down into year by year activities and objectives. I also use the objectives...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 11th, 2008, 03:14 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,687 Teaching English in French primary schools
I have been teaching English in two French primary schools since Christmas. (I was a primary teacher and adviser in England before taking early retirement in France). I have three year groups, ages...
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