Forum: English Questions
Apr 2nd, 2007, 06:33 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,024 Re: do up
I don't know if it's just me, but i can't think of any situations where i'd personally use "do up" .... well apart from doing up my shoes :). Although i do agree with the above about how it can be...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 2nd, 2007, 06:26 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,843 Re: Teaching pronunciation to big groups
Try group drilling and walk around the students to try and listen to each individual. Also single students out (obviously you can't get them all to do it individually).
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 2nd, 2007, 06:22 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 4,488 |
Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 2nd, 2007, 06:20 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,653 Re: EFL Podcasts
I was thinking about doing something like this... but it never really eventuated. I was also thinking about uploading videos of lessons. I think that would be really good, because everyone has their...
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Forum: General Chat
Mar 26th, 2007, 01:34 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,657 |
Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 24th, 2007, 05:19 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,039 |
Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Mar 22nd, 2007, 05:42 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,252 Re: An intermediate activity!
I've done it with big groups (up to 30). I split them up and get them to come up with the best vacation (as voted by the class).
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 20th, 2007, 06:46 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 10,944 Re: There's four. ??
Yea, ever since i started teaching i keep picking up on my own mistakes..... and everyone else's - it's soooo frustrating!
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Mar 10th, 2007, 08:12 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 20,115 Re: Create Your Own Comics
I like getting the sts to create their own comics as they are using English with less boundaries using a tool (comics) that they are interest in at that age.
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Mar 9th, 2007, 05:37 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 134,880 |
Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Mar 9th, 2007, 05:36 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 20,115 |
Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 3rd, 2007, 11:59 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,649 Re: topic for teacher's demo..pls help
Do you have a set guide as to what you have to teach them. In a situation like this, the manager is looking at how well you can work with the course guide and how you handle sts reaction to the...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 3rd, 2007, 10:19 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,649 |
Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 3rd, 2007, 10:18 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,649 |
Forum: Advertise Your Services
Feb 23rd, 2007, 06:36 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 12,046 |
Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Feb 21st, 2007, 08:53 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 9,046 |
Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 21st, 2007, 08:51 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 56,551 Re: Got any tips for teaching 4 & 5 year olds?
Get them active
Keep it fun and simple
don't introduce a lot of language all at once
play games that forces them to use the target language
Start with phonics - 4 or so words for each letter of the...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Feb 15th, 2007, 05:30 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,252 |
Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Feb 8th, 2007, 12:54 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,551 Re: New game?? tell me what you think.
Shanghai? That was where I went for my first teaching job! Like you, I was teaching young learners. Which company/school are you going with?
From my experience teaching phonics (I have taught from...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Feb 6th, 2007, 05:47 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,826 |
Forum: General Chat
Jan 15th, 2007, 05:01 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,140 Re: Happy Birthday Eric!
I'll make it even later - being without regular net i don't get on here to often these days. Happy Birthday, Ol' Son!
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 15th, 2007, 04:55 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,953 Re: Lesson or class?
I use both... but I think I use class more. But then again I'm a teacher and I don't say "I have an English Class" I just say I have a class.
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 15th, 2007, 04:53 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,450 Re: how to motivate pupils?
I used to walk into a class and ask the students what they wanted to do. I would tell them that we would do that for the last part of the class - the fun activity. but then again i taught youngins...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 9th, 2007, 02:09 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,380 |
Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 3rd, 2007, 02:07 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,380 Re: Defining a native speaker
I think it would be combination of 1 and 2. Even if you are really fluent in many (or more than 1) I think there would be one language that the speaker would "translate" from. For example; I can...
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