Forum: Teaching ESL 
Aug 19th, 2011, 11:07 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 19th, 2011, 01:26 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 17th, 2011, 07:32 am
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Forum: General Chat
Aug 17th, 2011, 07:16 am
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Views: 5,322  Re: Degree Requirements
Yeah! The hunger is fierce. In my city I'm sort of like a celebrity and can practically choose the school I want to teach at.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 16th, 2011, 07:47 am
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Aug 12th, 2011, 10:55 pm
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Views: 27,386 Re: Game ideas for 2 students - HELP!
In my classes with older students I typically try to play some games that are similar to video games the students like to play.
Here are two quick games you can play with some flashcards, a die, and...
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Forum: General Chat
Aug 12th, 2011, 08:25 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,322 Re: Degree Requirements
SK and Japan are a lot more strict on this sort of thing. I'm in China right now and I have two friends that actually have a work visa with life experience degrees. They were very cautious when...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 12th, 2011, 10:59 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 12th, 2011, 10:51 am
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Views: 7,466 Re: Teaching 2 to 3 year olds ESL
When teaching children about that age I try and change up the activities often. Children that young have very short attention spans and shouldn't be tasked with focusing on one thing for too long. ...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 12th, 2011, 03:24 am
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Views: 3,085 Re: reading
Making reading activities fun and interesting can sometimes be challenging. However, you can make some fun activities out of it easily.
In my reading classes I always follow these steps:
Picture...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Aug 11th, 2011, 02:40 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 4th, 2011, 10:47 am
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Views: 8,080 Re: Private lessons with a 5 year old
To get her to speak in English to you...you will have to motivate her! The best way to do this would be with games or some sort of incentive.
Check out Dave's ESL Cafe...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 1st, 2011, 08:46 am
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Views: 4,147 Re: My first class!
You could get a lot of interesting material for your class at Free Printables for Teachers | flashcards, printable games, worksheets templates, phonics materials, ESL printables, conversational...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 1st, 2011, 08:39 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 18,490 Re: Movies, Cartoon suggestions?
The school I'm currently teaching at uses Disney English. The Disney English cartoons are quite great and are really just clips of famous Disney movies cut together to help teach different themes. ...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 1st, 2011, 08:32 am
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Views: 3,852 Re: Teaching Wages
Whenever I take a part-time gig at a private English school here in China (places like TEFL or EF) I generally make around 100rmb for an hour. After conversion that's around 15 USD.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 1st, 2011, 08:25 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,760 Re: Turn your class into a video game!
I tried the online scavenger hunt out actually not too long ago. The results were great. The children were put into groups and given clues as to what they needed to find. We spent the entire class...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 25th, 2011, 08:07 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,690 Re: definitive article + instruments
Nah. Though we are in China, he's from India. English is more of a second language there and used mainly for business. His English is fantastic. In this situation, I am the native speaker who was...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 25th, 2011, 11:07 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,690 Re: definitive article + instruments
Language is definitely an evolving beast. Living in China I have met people from all over the world. The changes in English remind me of evolution. The language settled in different parts of the...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 25th, 2011, 05:30 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,690 Re: definitive article + instruments
Thanks a lot for the help. I've told my friend but he insists the only correct way is 'play the...'. Hehe, definite eh...my bad. I know the rules and whatnot...but my lingo is off. Thanks again!
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 25th, 2011, 04:01 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,690 definitive article + instruments
I have a question that seems to be more complicated than it should be....
Which is correct?
"I play guitar."
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"I play the guitar."
I assumed that both are correct depending on context.
Such...
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Forum: General Chat
Sep 11th, 2010, 04:18 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,972 Re: Going to Hong Kong to get a new visa
Oh, I'm sorry. I said it a bit wrong the first time. The law isn't that you have to leave and return after a year. You just have to leave after a year....you don't HAVE TO return if you don't want...
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Forum: General Chat
Sep 11th, 2010, 04:15 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,972 Re: Going to Hong Kong to get a new visa
How many times you can exit China depends on the kind of visa you hold. If your visa is a 'multi entry visa' then you can leave and come as many times as you want until the visa expires. Now, if...
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Forum: General Chat
Sep 5th, 2010, 04:59 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 4th, 2010, 09:06 am
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Views: 4,522 Re: Performances/Plays
At my school we did a simple version of 3 little pigs. It was pretty fun. The young kids really enjoyed it and so did the parents =D
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Forum: General Chat
Aug 29th, 2010, 07:18 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,972 Going to Hong Kong to get a new visa
Hey there! I'm proud to say that my first year in China is just about over! I've recently married my long time girlfriend of 2 years a couple months ago and things are going great with work. ...
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