Forum: Teaching ESL 
Aug 28th, 2009, 12:12 am
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Views: 4,019  Re: Boy Do I Need Help!!
Hi Jay
You probably need to be a little more specific with your request. What country are you in? What age and experience level are you teaching? How big are your classes? And anymore info that may...
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Forum: General Chat
Aug 28th, 2009, 12:12 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 10,151 Re: banned in Korea - help
Hi Mark
All works fine at my school in Gyeonggi - Gwangju city region. It probably depends on which internet filter particular schools are using. I know the one at our school blocks the...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 6th, 2009, 06:59 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 6,664 Re: Omission of articles
Glad I could help. As for your English, very easy to understand and it flows very well from small amount that I have read. Good luck with it.
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 6th, 2009, 08:30 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 6,664 Re: Omission of articles
I would say it is a bad translation. The rule is fairly strict, that is as strict as any rule in English can be. Remember, there are always exceptions to rules in English. Here are some links that...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 5th, 2009, 08:12 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 6,664 Re: Omission of articles
Don't just worry about the article, Beatrix, that whole sentence is a mess. It should read something like, To find out more about excursions, see www....Blah.
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 20th, 2009, 01:59 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,192 Re: politest question
All three look pretty good to me, though C has the problem that you are only asking the person permission to ask them a question, not to actually take a photo. I'm sure that could lead to some...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 23rd, 2009, 07:59 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,872 Re: Things that bother you about work...
Ah, the words were but stolen from my mouth. It has always been my, and the other teachers in my area, main complaint. The problem is Korean's do not know how to say no. If someone, especially of...
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Forum: English Questions
May 21st, 2009, 03:14 am
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Replies: 6
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Forum: English Questions
May 21st, 2009, 03:10 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 19,595 Re: Cafe/Cafeteria/Coffee shop
In Australia, at least on the western side, we say cafe more than coffee shop or coffee bar; it's just easier I suppose.
The use of cafeteria is much the same as mentioned in the earlier post.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 22nd, 2008, 07:10 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 14,141 Re: How do you deal with open demo lessons?
That sounds horrendous. The worst we have to do in South Korea is hold an open class for the Local and Native English teachers from surrounding schools. Last year it was little scary as I didn't...
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