Forum: General Chat 
Nov 1st, 2009, 11:11 pm
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Views: 4,666  Re: SOLD OUT!
It always feels good to make some cash on your hard work. You deserve it. Good for you!
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 1st, 2009, 11:11 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 12,060 Re: Privately Tutoring 6yr old - Help needed
Try to come up with a course plan for the kid. As for the level you will need to determine that yourself. For example what can the student do beyond ABC?
I have tried to solve this problem of levels...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Oct 18th, 2009, 06:55 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 16th, 2009, 05:12 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 59,466 Re: Classroom management (discipline)
I think we sometimes need to differentiate between classroom management vs. Classroom discipline. With good classroom management you can achieve good classroom discipline but that does not change the...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 9th, 2009, 10:48 pm
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 8th, 2009, 02:13 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 40,742 Re: simple past versus present perfect
This is always a challenge for students but I have created these exercises that help to give practice. There are several reasons why we use the present perfect and not past simple and vice versa, but...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Sep 6th, 2009, 08:05 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 14,725 Re: difficult 13 year olds...
The last time we talked I was working on this site to help with games for such classes. These games work well with my teenage kids. I was working on this site ESL, EFL Fun Games,Online interactive...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Sep 4th, 2009, 07:35 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 26,955 Re: Games for kids, one-on-one classes
Hi,
I play these card games and board games (http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/printables/index.html)for hours with my part time one-to-one student. Also get templates...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Sep 2nd, 2009, 04:27 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 250,868 Re: Simple Past - Games
Check out this page for interactive games for past tenses (http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/index.html).
You can also board games to help you practice. Here are past tense board...
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Forum: General Chat
Aug 30th, 2009, 09:41 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 13,459 Re: banned in Korea - help
Thanks Mark for those great sites. I hope you find a solution soon. Your sites are a generous donation to the ESL community. Even if the problem is not the issue of dedicated IP, I recommend you...
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Forum: General Chat
Aug 29th, 2009, 09:14 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 13,459 Re: banned in Korea - help
I wonder why. I am not in Korea, but once I had difficulties getting on your site in China. Now everything is fine. What I did on my sites was to get a dedicated IP address. Are you on shared...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 29th, 2009, 09:04 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,459 Re: Help with new lessons for large classes
I think you have to take a look at these ESL Powerpoint games (http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/pptgames/index.html). They are excellent for large classes. You can also use the free...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 29th, 2009, 08:59 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 27,021 Re: resources for interactive whiteboard
Funny you should ask this question. I just finished working on site with free interactive grammar and vocabulary flash games (http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/index.html), Powerpoint games...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 11th, 2009, 06:31 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 7,874 Re: demo class
Your idea of using the flashcards is good for presenting the new vocabulary. Keep the cards later for other games like flyswatting (http://www.english-4kids.com/gamespkg3.html) and I-spy. But above...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Aug 11th, 2009, 06:21 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 14,725 Re: difficult 13 year olds...
13 is usually the start of those trouble teenage years. They are starting to feel too cool for school and would only participate in certain activities. Also they have so much energy for fun not...
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Forum: General Chat
Aug 8th, 2009, 09:59 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 7,406 Re: The Next Lingua Franca
It may not happen in our lifetime that English will drop. The spread and dominance of a language has always been consistent with the economic, military and political superiority of a country and its...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 8th, 2009, 09:08 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,922 Re: First Grammar Question in Years
It seems to me that "having a shower" is used in that sentence, not as the present continuous but as a gerund. A gerund is a verb that acts as a noun. We can commonly see gerunds in words that...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 7th, 2009, 10:57 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,212 Re: Dealing with a VERY difficult child in class
Is the problem than he/she is too full of energy? Also ask yourself if he is feeling bored. What positive things does he do? He can't be all bad. Identify their strength and commend them for it -...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 12th, 2009, 11:42 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 21st, 2009, 01:13 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 11,653 Re: Your strategies for large classes
Yes, I used to have classes of 60 students for many years. The classroom management technique is key. Well in my case, the rolls and columns are always teams that work together in most activities....
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 21st, 2009, 12:44 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,525 |
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Apr 30th, 2009, 08:11 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 27,039 Re: Very young learners
It could be something to do with the type of games you use. Some games create a disciplinary problem and at that age they do not understand that. Sometimes you do not need too many games because it...
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Forum: General Chat
Apr 30th, 2009, 07:50 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,679 Re: Favorite Grammar book?
Same, I love Raymond Murphy's "English Grammar in use". The book is so practical and straightforward. That to me is clearly the leader in the industry. I also like Longman English Grammar for...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 31st, 2009, 10:48 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 12,307 Re: Suggestopedia in ESL Teaching
Thanks Susan and Mark for adding and expanding my knowledge of the subject. I took a look at Accelerated learning and found quite a lot I could use. I think some of those techniques of suggestopedia...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 30th, 2009, 02:17 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 12,307 Suggestopedia in ESL Teaching
I am not trying to sound intelligent. But please, What is suggestopedia? How does this theory of language learning translate into your ESL teaching? I read that it was brought about by a Romanian...
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