Forum: Teaching ESL 
Nov 16th, 2009, 01:57 pm
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Views: 6,040  Re: Teaching prepositions
Hello there,
A good one for practising the prepositions (not introducing them)
Yes how about a game in pairs or groups. Student A hides an object in the classroom. Student B asks: "is it in your...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 16th, 2009, 01:41 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 12,063 Re: Privately Tutoring 6yr old - Help needed
Hi there,
I have just the thing for you - check the video demo out here of me teaching a six year old, and also an eleven year old (separately).
How to teach a child to speak English...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 13th, 2009, 09:25 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,476 Re: How to start a Postcard Exchange ideas needed
Hi Mary,
There are sites out there which can help you with this, for example:
www.mylanguageexchange.com
They do charge a fee but I don't know how much.
Otherwise an idea might be to contact a...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 13th, 2009, 09:18 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,237 Re: Need help teaching 1on1
Hi there Echoe09
I have a fab. one to one teaching resource for private tutors and parents.
It consists of 140 games adapted for one to one use and 2 hours plus of video demos - those vids are...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 13th, 2009, 09:13 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 8,966 Re: Teaching teenagers
Hi there,
For me I don't try to be their friend - after all most teenagers think adults are totally BORING to be around!
But I show them I care about their learning and I aim to be a role-model.
I...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 13th, 2009, 09:12 am
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 2nd, 2009, 11:52 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,502 Re: Tutoring English for Adult Students
Thank you for those useful comments.
I must say that for me the idea of a compelling conversation has to be something that the STUDENT finds compelling, and no two people are the same.
So a big tip...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 2nd, 2009, 11:47 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,283 Re: kindergarten material
PS Oh and I forgot to give you the page to the songs where you can listen to the samples of each song:
ESL Songs for Children 1...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 2nd, 2009, 11:46 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,283 Re: kindergarten material
Hello Sobek,
Yes I have songs for preschool ESL children and stories to go with them. They also come with animal masks and other masks of the characters in the songs for the kids to cut out and...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 2nd, 2009, 11:36 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,673  Re: Summer "drama" class
Hello Jessica,
What a shame they threw both groups together as you could have done something of outstandingly high quality with two groups of ten.
Still there's always a way to make things...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 2nd, 2009, 11:29 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 11,655 Re: Your strategies for large classes
For primary students try these games (disguised language drills)
They have the benefit of including many students at once with minimum time waiting for a turn. They are designed to allow for...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 2nd, 2009, 11:22 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 13,763 Re: Scripts for elementary school
Hello there
I'm afraid I don't have LONG scripts for elementary - you could make one out of Charlie and The Chocolate factory - I've seen that done at a French primary school with choruses (songs)...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
May 16th, 2009, 05:55 am
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Replies: 16
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
May 16th, 2009, 05:52 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,418 Re: ESL Books-highly recommended!!!
Hello
And try this one:
Speaking Activities for adults (https://www.teachingenglishgames.com/product/games-and-activities-for-teens-and-adults/
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Check the books on Amazon where you can see...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 16th, 2009, 05:43 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 25,185 Re: An Ice Breaker Every Day?
Hi there,
And why not continue to make the lesson buzz all the way through... I mean why limit yourself to just an icebreaker?
Check out my fun activities for adults and teens here:
ESL Games and...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 18th, 2009, 09:40 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 33,437 Re: teaching 8 year olds one to one
Hello there,
Here is a site for parents wanting to teach their own children English and also for private tutors teaching one on one.
How to teach a child to speak English...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 18th, 2009, 09:35 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,914 Re: Need for music in ESL?
Hi there,
Here are some nice songs in varied musical styles for children aged 3 to 8.
ESL Songs for Children...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 18th, 2009, 09:30 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 14,265 Re: Oral ESL for Adults--Help!
Hi there
Well I'm a great believer in getting the students to do the work, often including preparation. If they are involved in preparing for the class they are v. likely to be more engaged when...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Apr 18th, 2009, 09:18 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 7,244 Re: Post your Language Resource Websites
Hi there,
This is a great site for parents or private tutors teaching one on one. There is a video demo of teaching in progress - it looks like fun!
Teaching only one child...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 1st, 2007, 06:22 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 26,513 Re: competitive games for 2 or 3 people
Most of the usual classroom games can be adapted for 1 to 3 people. e.g. I have 64 one to one games adapted from my 101 English Language Games for Children.
I wrote an article on tips to liven up...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 24th, 2007, 09:10 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 56,958 Re: Got any tips for teaching 4 & 5 year olds?
Hello there,
You can read up all about teaching younger kids here: Teaching preschool kids English (https://teachingenglishgames.com/category/preschool/).
And this page is on private tutoring, so...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Feb 24th, 2007, 09:00 am
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Replies: 0
Views: 9,246  Free games and story for children aged 3 to 5
Announcement for teachers of young learners
Free mini-series for ESL teachers with preschool children aged 3 to 5.
Mini-series contains:
1. Games to preteach vocabulary with colour flashcards
2....
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Forum: General Chat
Oct 30th, 2006, 04:37 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,952 Re: Post a recipe from the country you are in
Hi
Problem with the miso soup because you first have to make the fish stock.
Then you need to know what daicon is.
How about this for the health conscious:
Chop up a random quantity of...
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Forum: General Chat
Oct 30th, 2006, 04:32 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 11,646 Re: Using photocopied materials in the classroom?
I have to say Jeremy's comment about teachers in France made me laugh. They are a bit behind the times here!
I think books should be priced as per the country they are sold in because ultimately it...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 30th, 2006, 04:10 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 57,350 Re: ESL songs for kids
I have checked out the links - thank you both cjj and pam for taking the time to give me those.
Here are my comments for the benefit of all the people viewing this besides ourselves.
The super...
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