Forum: Teaching ESL 
Dec 4th, 2012, 08:33 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 4th, 2012, 05:16 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 20th, 2012, 09:14 am
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Views: 3,536  Re: Teaching ESL to a very active child
As a general introduction you might want to look at this post on Young Learners (http://www.icaltefl.com/index.php/resources-2/tefl-tesol-teaching/78-teyl-teaching-english-to-young-learners/665-teyl)...
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Forum: English Questions
Oct 17th, 2012, 06:52 am
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Forum: English Questions
Oct 17th, 2012, 05:19 am
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Views: 2,621 Re: why is a concordancer reliable?
All things being equal a concordancer is only as reliable as the corpus (http://www.icaltefl.com/index.php/resources-2/tefl-tesol-teaching/38-call-computer-assisted-language-learning/375-corpus) it...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Oct 12th, 2012, 05:53 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,879 TEFL Resource Library
The ICAL TEFL Resource Library is a free resource library for TEFL - this includes over 1,000 articles on all aspects of the industry from finding work, country profiles, lesson planning, classroom...
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Forum: English Questions
Oct 8th, 2012, 05:01 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 6th, 2012, 03:22 am
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Views: 3,222 Re: Anyone else have to adjust to kindergarten?
I don't envy you; it's hard work. I think though that the golden rule here is to keep it as simple as possible. Meaning tons of repetition and never being afraid to go back over what you've been...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 28th, 2012, 08:14 am
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Views: 10,708 Re: Your strategies for large classes
There's also a bunch of ideas here: Dealing with Large Classes (http://www.icaltefl.com/index.php/resources/tefl-tesol-teaching/26-teaching-techniques/277-dealing-with-large-classes).
Not all will...
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Forum: General Chat
Nov 14th, 2009, 07:34 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 15,525 Re: How to Better yourself as a teacher?
When you talk about "online refresher courses" what kind of things would you be wanting to learn about there? Latest techniques? Classroom teaching ideas?
I'm not aware of any such courses but it's...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 22nd, 2009, 06:46 am
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Views: 4,776 Re: The order in which to teach tenses
It will depend on why your student is learning English and you may have to adapt this list to suit their needs, but in general I would say it's going to be:
present simple, present continuous
past...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 31st, 2009, 06:36 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,376 Re: First BASIC class?
Keep things simple. Use plenty of gestures and try to introduce a few very basic phrases without rushing them.
By the end of the class they should be able to say, for example,
"Hello"
"My name is...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 28th, 2009, 05:24 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,018 Re: Boy Do I Need Help!!
There is so much to learn, you simply can't make a good job of it by reading a couple of pages online unfortunately.
I would recommend that first you start off on a TEFL course to get some good...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 27th, 2009, 04:05 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,583 Re: Help with new lessons for large classes
It's never easy with a big class and the ideas you're using sound good.
I don't think it's a matter of finding activities for the whole class but rather approaching the class in a different manner,...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 21st, 2009, 01:51 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 22nd, 2009, 08:48 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 22nd, 2009, 08:32 am
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Views: 2,132 Re: TESOL Training Courses
The general perception is that the less hours a course is worth the less is the value of the certificate. It’s got to be said though that employers rarely specify how many hrs a TESL/TEFL Certificate...
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Forum: General Chat
Jun 5th, 2009, 06:02 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 15,525 Re: How to Better yourself as a teacher?
I can only speak from our experience as TEFL course providers. We have many English teachers who come to us for a refresher course or simply to challenge their knowledge further, learn new techniques...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 5th, 2009, 05:36 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,175 Re: Wow, how many sites are there?
The ICALwiki (http://www.icalweb.com/wiki). Not just another teachers site.
With over 520 up-to-date articles on all sorts of ELT related subjects the ICALwiki is a great free ELT resource for all...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 15th, 2009, 06:59 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,087 Re: Your very first class...
Yes, teaching for the first time can be daunting. You have done your training; you have your Certificate to prove you are prepared; you have passed the job interview and got the job! And yet you feel...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
May 15th, 2009, 06:42 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 25,183 Re: Pronunciation games and activities
Try also games based on tongue twisters and minimal pair work.
See these two ICALwiki (http://www.icalweb.com/wiki)articles to learn how you can use them in your lessons and help your students...
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Forum: General Chat
May 15th, 2009, 06:34 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 7,820 Re: Teaching online
Talking about skypeing your students there is an article (http://icalweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Email_in_the_Classroom) in the ICALwiki (http://www.icalweb.com/wiki) you might like to refer to for...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 24th, 2009, 05:48 am
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Forum: General Chat
Feb 20th, 2009, 10:31 am
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Views: 21,807 Re: one to one conversation class
Often students will say they just want conversation. This is fine but you will still need to plan for it. Talking is good but for conversation to be effective you need to structure it.
Prepare your...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 20th, 2009, 10:22 am
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Views: 2,617 Re: Does anyone have any curicullum advice?
Are you familiar with preparing a syllabus? Have you carried out a needs analysis yet?
These first two steps will help you put togheter a good course for your students. One that will guarantee...
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