Forum: General Chat 
Aug 27th, 2009, 03:30 am
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Views: 13,780  banned in Korea - help
Sorry about this personal request here, but I know a lot of users on eslHQ are in Korea.
It seems my website MES-English.com (http://www.mes-english.com) is banned in Korea if you try to access it...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Aug 25th, 2009, 05:04 pm
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Aug 21st, 2009, 10:22 pm
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Views: 4,167 Re: Your chance to help!
I judged your book by its cover :)
The blue is by far the better of the two, imo. The white is colorful but from the preview, the words are blurred and hard to read. They also look jammed into the...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 13th, 2009, 07:07 pm
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Forum: General Chat
Aug 13th, 2009, 06:53 pm
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Views: 3,239 When do you go back to work?
I'm near the end of a 4 week vacation and getting back in the swing of things. I start classes back up on Aug. 17th and the public schools start back on the 19th.
I wish I was off until Sept. .......
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Forum: General Chat
Aug 13th, 2009, 06:51 pm
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Replies: 22
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 27th, 2009, 10:56 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 11,726 Re: Your strategies for large classes
I teach 45 students for 90 minutes and it's a conversation based lesson.
I do a lot of pair work. I make the activities very simple, as I have mixed levels. However, I create a lot of room for...
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Forum: General Chat
Jul 27th, 2009, 10:53 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 7,503 Re: The Next Lingua Franca
Hard to say. Maybe Chinese but there's been so much effort and so much done with English, even if America is toppled as the economic giant, undoing its grapple hold on the Earth will take some...
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Forum: General Chat
Jul 27th, 2009, 10:50 am
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 22nd, 2009, 07:07 pm
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Replies: 7
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Forum: General Chat
Jul 17th, 2009, 10:13 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 13,266 Re: Where are you going?
I'm headed to Hawaii tomorrow!
Then we're going to the Ne York area to visit friends and family for 10 days. Then to Oklahoma to visit more family for 10 days.
It's going to be a nice long...
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 17th, 2009, 10:12 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 17th, 2009, 10:10 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,202 Re: 'at morning' to mean 'in the morning' ?
She's a pretty active learner and she said she can't remember where the example came from.
She subscribes in English email lessons, English magazines, websites, Skype lessons, teaches English and...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 15th, 2009, 06:42 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,341 Re: kindergarten material
You can also find a lot of songs and printable materials for kindergarten (ESL specific) at Dream English.com
Dream English Kids Songs, free mp3 song downloads,flashcards and lesson ideas,let's sing!...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 15th, 2009, 06:23 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,341 Re: kindergarten material
Sorry, those aren't CDs but are TV shows. I also see that you said you are going back to the UK, not US.
I'm not sure whether those shows have made it across the pond ...
How about something from...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Jul 15th, 2009, 06:14 am
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Replies: 2
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 13th, 2009, 09:15 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,341 Re: kindergarten material
Try some of the Nick Jr stuff like Dora the Explorer, Blues Clues, ... My kindergarten and preschool students love them.
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 13th, 2009, 09:13 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 9th, 2009, 08:28 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,202 'at morning' to mean 'in the morning' ?
One of my students asked me if 'at morning' means the same as 'in the morning'
I told her that I don't use 'at morning' but that it might be British.
However, 'at morning' in AE would mean 'at...
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 9th, 2009, 08:23 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,043 Re: shall
The high school book also had the example sentence:
'You shall have this book.'
I told my students that it would be OK in a ESP - Royalty class :)
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 9th, 2009, 08:21 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,043 Re: shall
Interesting. It may be a difference between American and British English (It very well could be that I'm just a little strange :eek: )
I don't think we use 'shall' in affirmative sentences in AE. ...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 1st, 2009, 07:05 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,164 Re: Visiting Discussion Boards
I run a forum and I don't mind the same question that was maybe discussed a year or so ago.
Members change and so do experiences. It's sometimes good to go over things again with just a little...
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 1st, 2009, 06:58 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,043 shall
I was teaching an English teacher and she came to me with a few questions from the textbook. When there's a problem, it generally that some productive pattern has created a grammatically correct...
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Forum: General Chat
Jun 25th, 2009, 10:59 pm
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Forum: General Chat
Jun 24th, 2009, 01:06 am
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Views: 3,422 How much vacation time do you get this summer?
How much vacation time do you get this summer?
I'm taking three extra weeks off (non-paid) so, that gives me a total of 4 weeks. Although, it'd be better if it was all paid vacation, I'm still...
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