Forum: Teaching ESL 
Jan 13th, 2007, 11:39 am
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Views: 5,568  Re: adult students - first impressions count
I'd go for the name tags. It's a business english class, so chances are they already have or will at some stage go to conferences and seminars where name tags are the norm.
With my adult groups I...
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Forum: General Chat
Jan 11th, 2007, 12:19 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 11,639 Re: Termination of Employment
Sorry to hear you're having trouble.
You're doing the right thing so hang in there.
If it's any help I had a problem with an employer a couple of years back. As soon as I mentioned that I'd spoken...
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Forum: General Chat
Jan 11th, 2007, 02:33 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,417 Re: Happy Birthday Eric!
All the best, fella.
Instead of going out and indulging yourself in hedonistic pleasures, why not stay at home and prepare a thorough plan for the coming year, looking to build on the positives of...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 9th, 2007, 01:54 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,076 Re: First lesson of the New Year
Surprisingly I've never really felt like that before, certainly not since I've been a teacher anyway. It's slightly worrying that so far this week I've got no desire to teach whatsoever - I hope it's...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 8th, 2007, 02:35 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,076 Re: First lesson of the New Year
That's great. especially the keywords idea - i'll be using that most Mondays in fact as a way to find out about the weekend.
I'll try all the ideas in any case.
Thanks a lot Susan - you've just made...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 7th, 2007, 08:51 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,076 Re: First lesson of the New Year
Thanks a lot.
I must say I'm pretty fed up at the thought of going back but like you say once the first week is out the way . . . .
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 6th, 2007, 11:39 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,076 First lesson of the New Year
Happy New Year to all.
Right, that's the pleasantries over with, down to business.
Does anyone have any nice lesson ideas for the first back after the holidays? The break seems to have killed the...
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Forum: General Chat
Jan 6th, 2007, 11:35 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,643 Re: What'd ya do?
I was in the mountains of sardinia freezing my little socks off. To compensate I ate and drank as tradition dictates.
"A little wine, a little cheese, a brutal game of Scrabble... I'm officially...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 4th, 2007, 11:55 am
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Replies: 7
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 23rd, 2006, 05:23 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,472 Re: Christmas Show
So here's how it went.
Badly.:eek:
The little girl who didn't have any toys wasn't allowed to play with the other kids. So she was sitting on a rock feeling sorry for herself. The animals of the...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 21st, 2006, 10:30 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,561 Re: Too Good to be True or an Honest Proposal
Good work fella!
No, you're right. Still wet behind the ears Tefl teachers could well get taken in by that. Like you say, they should check out the school beforehand, post notices on forums asking...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 21st, 2006, 09:30 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,561 Re: Too Good to be True or an Honest Proposal
Now we're getting our humour wires crossed. I was joking too!!!
It was funny.
It must be something to do with the different time zones \ delay etc. A bit like the TV interviews with the old sattelite...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 21st, 2006, 09:26 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,561 Re: Too Good to be True or an Honest Proposal
Don't worry about that. As I already said, when you put it through Google there is a search result which comes up with a scam warning. Don't touch this offer with a bargepole!!!
They will ask you to...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 21st, 2006, 05:35 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,472  Christmas Show
This is for those of you who have organised or worked on preparing the kids for the Christmas show.
The video cameras of the parents never lie. There's nowhere to hide. The moment of truth has...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 21st, 2006, 05:31 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,561 Re: Too Good to be True or an Honest Proposal
OK, so maybe it was a bit harsh. Especially when you consider I work in MY school! :doh:
Anyway, we've just had the final run through for the Christmas show with the kids and it's cheered me up no...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 21st, 2006, 01:20 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,869  Last minute Christmas lesson
If anyone is looking for last minute ideas there's a very nice conversation lesson on Sean Banville's site, Breaking News English, about...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 21st, 2006, 01:17 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,426 Re: If you've got small kids ...
Thanks Susan! Forget the small kids, I've been tracking Santa for three days now - don't think I can hold out until Christmas Eve.
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 21st, 2006, 01:12 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,561 Re: Too Good to be True or an Honest Proposal
If you run that text through google you'll see it comes up with a scam warning.
I'm afraid it does seem too good to be true!
Maybe it'd be more realistic if it said the photocopier never works, the...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 16th, 2006, 02:30 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,897 Using the TV in class
Does anybody use videos or DVds in class as a teaching aid. If so, which ones and what for?
I like the old Mr Bean sketches. They're short and funny. Even though there is no spoken English I use it...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 16th, 2006, 02:22 am
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Replies: 6
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 14th, 2006, 09:48 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,908 |
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 14th, 2006, 09:43 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,023 Re: How do you relax after a hard day's work?
In the summer it's the beach for sure. We're a five minute walk from Poetto, Cagliari's famous 10k stretch of sand. There for an ice-cream or a bottle of cold beer.
In the winter, ie now, it's dark...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 13th, 2006, 01:31 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,028 Re: 60, 90, or 120
Wow - 15 minute lessons! I've never done them that short. I don't mean this question to sound rude, but what is the point of that? What did they expect you to achieve in such a short time?
With my...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 12th, 2006, 02:24 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,576 Re: Bringing up kids abroad
Great pictures guys!
makes you think, doesn't it? If we hadn't decided to go off and teach we wouldn't have met our partners, and we wouldn't be adding to the 'melting pot' with our beautiful, mixed...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 12th, 2006, 02:16 am
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Replies: 20
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