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Forum: General Chat Aug 28th, 2012, 08:01 am
Replies: 7
Views: 6,347
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Discriminatory ESL Job Ads

There you go again. That is even if you just wanted to sing a song you would have to be White.

1500rmb foreigner singer dancer dj part time offer

Female singer *1(foreigner white people only) can...
Forum: General Chat Aug 28th, 2012, 07:55 am
Replies: 7
Views: 6,347
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Discriminatory ESL Job Ads

Sometimes I see it as a kind of ignorance or lack of proper education but even so, ignorance is no excuse.

It's worse when it comes from people who claim to be educators.
In my opinion, Shanghai...
Forum: Advertise Your Services Aug 24th, 2012, 11:52 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 3,096
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: New iBook for ESL teacher/instructors

Is there any version for non-iphone users? I mean like for android devices.
Forum: General Chat Aug 24th, 2012, 06:35 am
Replies: 7
Views: 6,347
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Discriminatory ESL Job Ads

It's so rampant here. Sometimes they include other details White + blond hair and blue eyes.
Forum: Teaching ESL Aug 17th, 2012, 07:49 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 3,314
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Advice from everyone needed

Get a good packet of candy.
The rule is: The calmest one gets the most candies.
Forum: General Chat Aug 17th, 2012, 07:43 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 6,347
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Discriminatory ESL Job Ads

Here is a good example:

800RMB 4 hours foreigner server part time job offer

looking for foreigner server (male white people only) age:20-40 years-old

job description:

Ballantine‘s scotch whisky...
Forum: Advertise Your Services May 11th, 2012, 01:59 am
Replies: 2
Views: 3,439
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Online English classes now available!

Nice service. I have looked at your website. I like the neat presentation of the service. I have also sent you an email.
Looking forward to your reply.
Forum: Teaching ESL May 11th, 2012, 01:40 am
Replies: 6
Views: 6,500
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: How do you get the students THINKING in English?

I currently prepare Chinese students for IELTS and they have that habit of uttering certain phrases in Chinese when they can't speak on during the test.
- wo wang le = I forgot
- shemme shuo = How do...
Forum: ESL Games and Activities May 11th, 2012, 01:13 am
Replies: 9
Views: 185,619
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Activities for the future tense "will"

Now that's quite an idea for a game.
Thanks for sharing.
Forum: ESL Games and Activities May 10th, 2012, 10:24 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 185,619
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Activities for the future tense "will"

Don't forget this form. Using the simple present tense + an adverb of time to talk about actions happening in the future.

"I travel to Japan tomorrow."
"Our team plays next week."
Forum: Advertise Your Services May 10th, 2012, 10:17 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 2,510
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Advertise your school for free (Christmas offer)

The link you posted is a broken link. I couldn't open it.
Forum: Teaching ESL May 10th, 2012, 10:13 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 4,355
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Where to begin with grammar..

Hi Molly,
Try this link (http://www.roadtogrammar.com/).
The grammar is so neatly arranged. You have quizzes associated and the good thing is you can get your students to compete.
I hope that helps.
Forum: General Chat May 10th, 2012, 09:54 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 6,347
Posted By Denis DNT
Discriminatory ESL Job Ads

What's your opinion on discrimination by ESL school administrators, recruiters, job agents, etc. when publishing ESL job ads.

Here are some examples of discriminatory phrases and sentences found in...
Forum: Teaching ESL May 2nd, 2012, 11:22 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 2,703
Posted By Denis DNT
Great resource for teaching reading and listening

This is a link I found recently and it is helping me teach reading and listening. This website offers lots of short stories with an Mp3 format version. You can download them and have fun listening...
Forum: Teaching ESL May 2nd, 2012, 11:09 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 6,065
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Travel and Teach English

Are the courses available online too?
Forum: ESL Games and Activities May 2nd, 2012, 11:02 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 157,378
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Ice breakers - first class

My favorite icebreaker on the first day is running elections in class. They just love it.
I usually ask them to elect a class English delegate. I just make the process funny. Most of my class have...
Forum: ESL Articles May 2nd, 2012, 10:55 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 64,386
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Electronic Dictionaries in ESL/EFL Learning

I agree the translations they get from the dictionaries are horrible. Phrasal verbs, idioms, just don't work.
I'd recommend you tell them to use dictionaries when they are doing homework but not when...
Forum: English Questions Apr 27th, 2012, 10:59 am
Replies: 4
Views: 6,768
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: What is the word that describes a person who...

Thanks Beatrix.
Bombastic and Pompous are also very close to what she is looking for.
Forum: English Questions Apr 26th, 2012, 11:17 am
Replies: 4
Views: 6,768
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: What is the word that describes a person who...

Hi Susan,
I think grandiloquent might be what I am looking for. Thanks.
Most of the other words just express the idea of using too many words.
Forum: English Questions Apr 26th, 2012, 02:00 am
Replies: 4
Views: 6,768
Posted By Denis DNT
What is the word that describes a person who...

What word do we use to describe someone who uses difficult, high sounding words and phrases to communicate a very simple idea that doesn't need such words and phrases?

A student asked me this...
Forum: Teaching ESL Apr 26th, 2012, 01:46 am
Replies: 31
Views: 20,983
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Mistakes that new teachers make

Talking too much, yeah. That reminds me of those years in training. I had a teacher who used to stress on that fact, requiring us to do not more than 40% of the talking in a spoken English lesson. It...
Forum: ESL Articles Apr 19th, 2012, 10:32 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 64,386
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Electronic Dictionaries in ESL/EFL Learning

I try to encourage mine to use an English dictionary instead of an English / Chinese dictionary. Making an effort to understand the meaning of a word given in English is hard but very useful and adds...
Forum: Advertise Your Services Apr 19th, 2012, 10:26 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 3,563
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Video Activity Library for Teachers & Students

In China they have tried to make a near copy of most of the media in the West. Then to promote these copies, they block access to the western stuff.

YouTube, Daily Motion = Youku, Tudou
Facebook,...
Forum: English Questions Apr 13th, 2012, 05:58 am
Replies: 5
Views: 3,895
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Compared to and compared with

Thanks Susan and Mesmark. It had never crossed my mind to think about the two until recently a student asked me in class. My colleague insisted "to" was more in use than "with".
Forum: English Questions Apr 12th, 2012, 11:26 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 3,895
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Compared to and compared with

1. Teaching adults is more enriching compared to / with teaching kids.
2. I am trying to compare the movie The Day After Tomorrow with / to 2012
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