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Forum: Teaching ESL Feb 2nd, 2011, 09:09 am
Replies: 1
Views: 6,263
Posted By Dave-B
Re: Second conditional songs suitable for teenage boys and girls

If I were a Boy by Beyonce.

This might have the double effect of teaching them some gender roles and/or stereotypes.
Forum: Teaching ESL Nov 17th, 2010, 10:28 am
Replies: 17
Views: 5,700
Posted By Dave-B
Re: Looking for penpals

Well, the direct message is done by clicking on our names.

As for a group thing, I did mean more than two schools.
Forum: Teaching ESL Nov 16th, 2010, 09:13 am
Replies: 17
Views: 5,700
Posted By Dave-B
Re: Looking for penpals

Well, y students are around 16 years old.

We would like some pen pals, so we are ready.
Forum: Teaching ESL Nov 13th, 2010, 11:36 am
Replies: 17
Views: 5,700
Posted By Dave-B
Re: Looking for penpals

Some kind of group thing would work well too.

EsraM, are your students high school age?
Forum: Teaching ESL Nov 11th, 2010, 01:38 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 5,700
Posted By Dave-B
Re: Looking for penpals

I have teenage students in Toronto, Canada.

I would be interested.

Send me a direct message if you like.

Dave
Forum: Teaching ESL Nov 4th, 2010, 01:32 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 6,057
Posted By Dave-B
Re: Teacher Talk Time

Well, I did the seminar today, and I came up with some short points to reduce teacher talk time.

I posted them here:

How to Reduce Teacher Talk Time...
Forum: Teaching ESL Oct 28th, 2010, 09:47 am
Replies: 5
Views: 6,057
Posted By Dave-B
Teacher Talk Time

Hi all,

I am compiling a handout for my teachers on how to reduce teacher talk time.

Surprisingly, there is not a lot out there on the net.

I have some ideas, but would love to hear what...
Forum: Teaching ESL Oct 18th, 2010, 09:14 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 6,896
Posted By Dave-B
Re: phrasal verb

So with the phrasal verb cards, how does one player "win" against another card.

As an example, if I throw "get out", and you throw "get back", who wins?
Forum: Teaching ESL Oct 18th, 2010, 09:13 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 6,896
Posted By Dave-B
Re: phrasal verb

I like to play a game with a bunch of verbs on the board and the students have to match them with prepositions.

It makes for a lot of combinations.

Eg. Get back, Throw back
Look back,...
Forum: English Questions Oct 6th, 2010, 09:20 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 5,935
Posted By Dave-B
Re: Can Anyone Teach how to pronounce can and can't differently?

As well as the final consonants, the pronunciation of the vowels i different too.

Can't is a longer sound, and is more of an "A" sound. It is similar to "and". It is that "A" sound that come from...
Forum: English Questions Sep 16th, 2010, 08:31 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 27,752
Posted By Dave-B
Re: Future simple / will - be going to

The explanation looks wonderful and detailed, but I would say the two sentences are the same.

I never teach the difference between will and going to. I think it just confuses students, and often...
Forum: Teaching ESL Sep 13th, 2010, 10:59 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 7,468
Posted By Dave-B
Re: adverbs of quantity

Certainly not a lesson plan, but here are some ideas:

With lots of small words, activities like concentration, matching, and pick a card - make a sentence all work well.

Moving around the class or...
Forum: Teaching ESL Sep 7th, 2010, 10:13 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 4,356
Posted By Dave-B
Re: Performances/Plays

The students were from all my classes, so they were all ages and levels, though everyone is at least 16.

To see a 50 year old Iranian man dressed up like the Wizard was just great...
Forum: Teaching ESL Sep 1st, 2010, 09:05 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 4,356
Posted By Dave-B
Performances/Plays

My teachers are organizing our students to perform The Wizard of Oz for this Friday. This is maybe the third time we have done this, and we have had some success in the past.

My question is if...
Forum: Teaching ESL Sep 1st, 2010, 08:19 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 6,534
Posted By Dave-B
Re: Students show up to class later and later...

Most of my students show up late as well. However, it seems I take a different approach than the other comments.

Generally speaking I don't like to teach anything too serious and grammar related in...
Forum: ESL Games and Activities Aug 31st, 2010, 10:04 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 8,115
Posted By Dave-B
Re: looking for games on asking someone out.

Asking people out?

Sounds like a lesson a lot more than just ESL students would like to learn.....

Anyways, what about this:

Write out a bunch of activities (go to the movies, get a coffee,...
Forum: ESL Games and Activities Aug 31st, 2010, 09:57 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 15,036
Posted By Dave-B
Re: song about comparative

"My Love" by Petula Clark

Harder to understand, but more modern and popular would be "Stronger" by Kanye West

"Simply the Best" by Tina Turner.

There's a few ideas.
Forum: English Questions Aug 17th, 2010, 02:55 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 3,046
Posted By Dave-B
Re: "not really"

1. I really don't like it means you hate it

2. I don't really like it means you don't like it very much, if at all.
Forum: Teaching ESL Aug 17th, 2010, 02:52 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 3,270
Posted By Dave-B
Re: ESL PROSPECTS IN OTNARIO

Well, if you are considering your child, ECE would be a great fit. You can work school hours, which makes it easy to take care of your family.

Generally speaking, ESL does not have too many night...
Forum: Teaching ESL Aug 17th, 2010, 02:48 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 22,558
Posted By Dave-B
Re: Can I make enough money to support a family as an ESL Teacher?

I think it depends what type of ESL job you are looking at.

In North America, you want to get into the public schools, and you can be making great money just like other teachers. However, working...
Forum: Teaching ESL Aug 11th, 2010, 10:14 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 3,296
Posted By Dave-B
Re: Ideas for New Class

Well, I may as well start with the obvious, but teaching them the vocabulary of their profession is very important.

While you will think to teach all the nouns, don't forget the verbs too. Give...
Forum: Teaching ESL Aug 11th, 2010, 10:13 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 3,087
Posted By Dave-B
Re: Status Update, classroom technique, and a new problem

Wow, you are really bringing out some creativity.

Have you thought about using a similar technique to get the students to speak English only?
Forum: Teaching ESL Aug 11th, 2010, 10:10 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 3,270
Posted By Dave-B
Re: ESL PROSPECTS IN OTNARIO

Hey,

I am not too sure on the Humber exam, but I can tell you about the jobs in Toronto.

I run an ESL school, and I see lots of teachers looking for jobs. Granted, there are many schools, but also...
Forum: Advertise Your Services Jun 23rd, 2010, 10:29 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 3,492
Posted By Dave-B
learnEnglish-online.com

Hello everyone,

I wanted to let you all know that my website, learnEnglish-online.com (http://www.learnenglish-online.com/), has been completely updated and changed. The new site looks better, and...
Forum: Teaching ESL Jun 7th, 2010, 09:11 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 4,827
Posted By Dave-B
Re: What do you do with students who keep making the same mistake?

I think the best thing to do is be very aware when they are making the mistakes and correct the student.

Don't let that student make the mistake without being corrected.

Also, take 5-10 mintues...
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