Forum: Teaching ESL 
May 1st, 2006, 07:24 pm
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Views: 39,762  Re: Effective ways of teaching phrases?
I would say that it would help to get all the students to encourage each other to use the new phrases. Also, you can give them a 'language challenge', where they have a target of a certain number of...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 20th, 2006, 09:35 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 21,065 Re: Mistakes that new teachers make
i made this mistake too. After going from teaching at a language school to teaching at a government school once a week (in Turkey), I got the shock of my life. The kids were so badly behaved. The...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 16th, 2006, 02:54 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 21,065 Mistakes that new teachers make
I'm wondering what kind of mistakes :doh: the people here made when they were newbie teachers. In my case it was probably everything in the book.
Anyone wanna share?
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 11th, 2006, 03:53 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 59,985 Re: Teaching the l and r sound
Ask the students to draw where they think the position of the tongue and the teeth should be. That way you can pinpoint where they're going wrong.
The 'r' sound does not involve the tongue touching...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 6th, 2006, 07:44 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 7,027 Re: Looking for Pronunciation Currics..
The American Accent Training course is worth a try. It's got plenty of drills and goes into great detail. I wouldn't use it as a main resource, but it could be a valuable supplement.
With so much...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 2nd, 2006, 07:40 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,906 Re: Tutoring ESL
This may be a silly question, but if he can already read just fine, then what's the point teaching him how to read?
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 30th, 2006, 01:50 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 12,041 Re: HELP!! irregular verbs.. :(
Sorry, there are no rules for pronouncing irreuglar verbs (that's why they're called irregular).
www.m-w.com is a great site for learners - an American dictionary with audio clips for each word. You...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 26th, 2006, 07:32 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 11,649 Re: not long for this world
For someone who's dying, you can also say:
"his days are numbered"
This can be a threat, too, if you address it to a person:
"your days are numbered..."
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 21st, 2006, 07:48 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,165 Re: Newbie to ESL
Typically, Korean learners are good at grammar and written English, but poor at listening and speaking skills. If this is the case, they will probably benefit simply from having a conversation with...
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