Forum: Teaching ESL 
May 8th, 2006, 01:48 am
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Views: 5,903  Re: Anyone using Skype as a learning tool?
Hi Alex, you are right. China is seeing a fast growth in internet use and Skype might indeed become a huge success. By the way, I remember you telling us about your training course for call center...
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Forum: General Chat
May 7th, 2006, 05:36 am
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Views: 11,726 Re: Using photocopied materials in the classroom?
Well, most of the people I'm working with now need English for their jobs so I use Internet resources, newspaper articles, our website materials including our newsletter, key word lists, information...
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Forum: General Chat
May 7th, 2006, 02:32 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 11,726 Re: Using photocopied materials in the classroom?
In my line of work most trainers work 8 to 9 hours with one group per day, often 5 days a week. What many trainers do is use lots of photocopied materials, for example explanations and exercises of...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 6th, 2006, 11:18 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 5,903 Re: Anyone using Skype as a learning tool?
Andrew, you are right. As a matter of fact VOIP is already being used by a number of companies some of them start-ups such as twinguide.com or Openenglishworld.com. Other more established ones are...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 6th, 2006, 04:09 pm
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Views: 39,611 Re: Effective ways of teaching phrases?
Well, you can also use a simple pattern drill exercise: What I have found is that most learners are capable of retaining only a very limited number of new phrases at a time (hence, we call those...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 6th, 2006, 03:17 pm
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Views: 4,720 Re: Favourite classes
99% of my learners are adults and that's the target group I feel most comfortable working with. Most of the people in 'my' courses, see the English language as a tool to achieve their goals. So their...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 6th, 2006, 03:09 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 5,903 Re: Anyone using Skype as a learning tool?
We could start using Skype here on this forum to exchange ideas and see how it works. I have used Skype once so far when a partner called me from Hong Kong and the sound quality was excellent. Skype...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 6th, 2006, 03:01 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 18,003 Re: Textbooks for teaching flight attendants
Hi Eric,
I don't know of any textbooks for flight attendants but I could offer to share my experiences: I once worked with three groups of young people who were on a training program for airport...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 6th, 2006, 11:39 am
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Views: 28,870 How do you define 'teacher'?
Hi everybody, what exactly is a 'teacher'? I mean can you really teach a language or do you have to learn a language? What is the difference or rather the link between teaching and learning? What is...
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Forum: General Chat
May 6th, 2006, 05:19 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 11,726 Using photocopied materials in the classroom?
Hi, I know that Eric, Mark and their teams have been creating a lot of ESL teaching materials they are using in their classrooms and sharing with other ESL professionals. But what do you think about...
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