Forum: ESL Games and Activities 
May 6th, 2006, 01:21 pm
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Views: 181,209  Re: The Freeze Game, for teaching past continuous
From what I know the present perfect continuous has two meanings:
1. An action that started in the past which is still continuing at the moment
e.g. It's 12 o'clock. They have been sleeping for 15...
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Forum: Board Games
Apr 26th, 2006, 09:54 am
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Views: 11,666 Click Here To See This Worksheet....
Click Here To See This Worksheet. (http://www.eslhq.com/worksheets/preview_worksheet.php?worksheet_id=9221)
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What's the time? What time is it? Can you tell me the time?...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Apr 26th, 2006, 01:46 am
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Replies: 33
Views: 181,209 Re: The Freeze Game, for teaching past continuous
Hi Karen.
Nice to see (read:) you back! I played it the way you do, I said FREEZE and then let the students turn around. I just didn't have to pay close attention to their peeping or not since I let...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 7th, 2006, 12:40 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 59,701 Re: Teaching the l and r sound
I used to have a diagram made of cardboard on which I had drawn a section through the head, one could see the teeth, the part where the interior of the mouth should have been , I had cut out so that...
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Forum: ESL Worksheets
Mar 4th, 2006, 02:13 pm
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Forum: Label the Pictures
Mar 2nd, 2006, 03:12 pm
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Feb 21st, 2006, 09:57 am
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Views: 357,567 Re: First Day Activities
With children (8 - 12), even with true beginners I like teaching them how to introduce themselves : "I'm Mary"
" I'm Bill" then have them shake hands with me in turn...
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Forum: General Chat
Feb 8th, 2006, 02:38 pm
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Views: 4,336 Reasons for teaching abroad
I have two questions:
1. I wonder how come you left your native country and chose to teach abroad, in countries where the language and culture are so different from your own?
2. Can you recollect...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 7th, 2006, 08:34 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,104 Re: time-place or place-time
Well, this student of yours seems to have problems either with herself or with you.
1. She feels inferior to you, so by telling you that she preferred a different sight she tries to look...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 4th, 2006, 03:21 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,104 Re: time-place or place-time
I learnt that because English is not an inflected language word order is quite inflexible, i.e. (when)/ subject/verb/direct object/ indirect object/ How/where/ (when) '
so Time should be either in...
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Forum: General Chat
Feb 4th, 2006, 02:24 pm
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Forum: General Chat
Feb 4th, 2006, 12:44 am
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Views: 17,838 Re: Getting To Know You
1. I like teaching in Greece. It's a country with a lot of light, even in winter.And the sea is fantastic: crystal clear, you can see your toes,splendid colours, no sharks, and in the Saronic Gulf,...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Feb 3rd, 2006, 01:50 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 53,409 Re: Soccer Game (printable game board)
Thank you. My students loved your game. The moment they saw the board they knew how to play it, wanted to play it, did fine. I just started them by playing with two students who had finished their...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Feb 3rd, 2006, 09:43 am
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Replies: 33
Views: 181,209 Re: The Freeze Game, for teaching past continuous
Schools were closed in Athens for five days due to snowfall so I couldn't try outyour game sooner. Anyway it worked OK. I started by sticking 16 flashcards with actions (read, argue, play the piano,...
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Forum: ESL Forms
Feb 1st, 2006, 08:27 am
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Feb 1st, 2006, 07:54 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 53,409 Re: Soccer Game (printable game board)
Karen I like this game . I've just downloaded it and am going to use it with my troublemaking 10-year-olds tomorrow. It is a class that cannot concentrate on books so I find that the only way to keep...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 27th, 2006, 08:20 am
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Views: 25,512 Re: Small talk questions for any age
Have you got/Do you have a brother? What's his name?
Have you got/Do you have a sister? What's her name?
A nice, authentic way of introducing possessive pronouns as well.
The answer: I've got two...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 27th, 2006, 07:59 am
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Views: 6,904 Re: Looking for Pronunciation Currics..
I think music makes good listening practice too. I find it works quite well when some of the words are blanked out and students have to concentrate on hearing the missing words. I tell my students...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Jan 26th, 2006, 09:28 am
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Replies: 33
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 26th, 2006, 09:14 am
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Views: 74,832  Re: Are there rules for "ed" pronunciation?
The only pronunciation rule I get my students to remember is
Pronounce -id after verbs ended in in -t and -d.
It is quite difficult to pronounce the others incorrectly. And it is difficult to...
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Forum: Matching Worksheets
Jan 26th, 2006, 08:42 am
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