Forum: Teaching ESL 
Jun 23rd, 2008, 02:55 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 23rd, 2008, 01:23 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 17th, 2008, 09:44 pm
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Views: 5,587  Re: English vs. ESL
Based upon your post Hue, if EFL students have possibility of becoming less motivated because they don't see the need for English in their everyday society, wouldn't that make an even stronger...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 17th, 2008, 08:05 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,587 Re: English vs. ESL
Ok, so let me see if I have this straight. The goal of EFL is to study English to pass tests, while ESL's goal is to teach English the students can actively use?
If I have my definitions correct,...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 16th, 2008, 11:57 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,587 Re: English vs. ESL
Here's a quirky question...
Is EFL is defined as the primary language IN THE CULTURE or IN THE CLASSROOM?
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Jun 16th, 2008, 07:11 pm
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Views: 3,510 Re: We have a new game that may help!
I was noticing the same thing. It's hard to get a feel for the game without some visual aids. However, like Mesmark mentioned, you run the risk of people 'acquiring' the materials without...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 16th, 2008, 06:51 pm
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Views: 5,587 English vs. ESL
In regards to how English is taught, what are the major differences between teaching English in a country where the students first language is English versus teaching in a country where the students'...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 12th, 2008, 09:19 pm
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Views: 13,031 Contractions in ESL...
While there is a time and place for everything, I'm not quite convinced there's a place for contractions in early English acquistion when it comes to practicing writing.
I was taught when I was a...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 10th, 2008, 06:33 pm
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Views: 3,110 Re: comics in the classroom
Here's a couple more comic generators, too:
Strip Creator
stripcreator : make a comic (http://www.stripcreator.com/make.php)
Garfield Creator
Comic Creator...
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Forum: English Questions
Jun 9th, 2008, 07:14 am
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Views: 8,298 Re: Another infinitive question
ggrrr...
I don't know what's more frustrating, dealing with grammar points that are quite similar or trying to figure out the logic and reasoning behind why textbooks decide to teach certain grammar...
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Forum: English Questions
Jun 8th, 2008, 10:23 pm
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Views: 8,298 Another infinitive question
My head is spinning trying to get my mind around the infinitives taught in the local English textbooks in JHS in Japan and was wondering if someone could help me out, AND maybe explain the logic into...
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Forum: General Chat
Jun 5th, 2008, 07:48 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,783 What's your gas price?
I got the gas idea from another thread. What is the gas price in your part of the world? I know we live in different parts of the world so I suggest using the USD as a neutral platform for...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 3rd, 2008, 06:03 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 2nd, 2008, 09:05 am
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Views: 3,875 Re: Help me...
I think I'm scarily catching on...
GEEK ALERT!! I'M UNDERSTANDING!! Man, I used to be so cool...
Thanks again, Mesmark!
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 31st, 2008, 06:54 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,875 Re: Help me...
Mesmark,
After further research, I found out you were correct that my "where" sentence would be better classified as a relative clause. It's just that 'where' isn't one of the main relative...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 31st, 2008, 06:29 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,875 Re: Help me...
So, what about this sentence? Would the bolded part be a reduced relative clause or be classified under gerund? Or, would the correct answer to my question be that there is a gerund inside of a...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 30th, 2008, 11:43 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,875 Re: Help me...
Are those actual grammar points, 'embedded question' and 'reduced relative clause'?
Sometimes I feel like I know something and other times I feel like a child...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 30th, 2008, 06:57 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,875 Help me...
I'm having a hard time figuring out what the following grammar is...help me, please!
"I can't tell where my house was."
"It's a festival held in the fall."
These are example sentences from a JHS...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 27th, 2008, 11:21 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,601 America vs. US?
I'm from the states. When I was living there, I always said either 'the states' or the 'US'. I NEVER referred to my country as 'America' because there are two of them, much like Korea and...
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Forum: General Chat
May 18th, 2008, 09:40 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 9th, 2008, 05:14 am
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Views: 11,867 Re: Is 'passive voice' okay in British English?
When I mention passive voice is 'frowned on' in the U.S., I mean when I was writing papers and briefs in college, we were specifically told over and over again not to use passive voice if you have...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 8th, 2008, 01:26 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,867 Is 'passive voice' okay in British English?
I was talking to some of my non-American friends recently and they were telling me passive voice isn't frowned upon like it generally is in American English.
Is that true?
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Forum: English Questions
May 7th, 2008, 10:37 pm
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Views: 3,798 Re: having trouble with... :)
'finding' sounds better to me but I think they are grammatically correct.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but 'finding' is acting as a gerund versus 'to find', which is an infinitive...
Whenever I have...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 30th, 2008, 06:23 am
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Views: 15,456 Re: Teaching the past tense of irreguar verbs
There's all kinds of ideas: word searches, board games, crosswords, fill-in-the-blank comics, etc.
Click HERE (http://jhsenglipediaproject.com/jhs_grammar_verb_pasttense.aspx) for some pretty cool...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 29th, 2008, 11:23 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 7,515 Teacher vs. Scholar
Who do you think should be writing ESL curriculums?
Teachers seem to have the practical knowledge of what does and doesn't work in the classroom, but the scholar comes to the ESL table with the...
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