Forum: Teaching ESL 
Jun 15th, 2008, 11:56 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 20th, 2008, 09:32 pm
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Views: 23,938  Re: Ideas for conversation classes
Don't forget short presentations such as show'n'tell or get them to bring in an item that they have to 'sell' to their group for 1000 euros
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 20th, 2008, 09:29 pm
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Replies: 19
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 14th, 2008, 07:39 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 7,618 Re: Teacher vs. Scholar
Denis, you want to bring the parents in on curriculum development? Eeek! Didn't Plato have something to say about this?
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 14th, 2008, 07:33 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,229 Re: Are examinations a true test of knowledge?
Having pretty extensive experience in this field, I would put the most emphasis on speaking/oral exams. Any experienced oral examiner can tell in 5 minutes where the candidate lies in the scheme of...
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Forum: English Questions
May 6th, 2008, 12:30 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,983 Re: Pills and Potions
Did they say to find the correct answer or to find the best answer?
Pills and potions sounds like a common collocation. You don't 'use' exercise or 'injections', but tablets sounds fine to me.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 6th, 2008, 12:28 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,833 Re: past perfect countinous
Wow, ... 'What had he been doing?' seems such an unnatural question to ask...
...but I agree to compare it to the present perfect continuous tense. Anyway, whoever invented this tense has a lot to...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 28th, 2008, 12:52 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,369 Re: Need Some Advice!
Hi Marmaris Girl (Is that Marmaris in Turkey btw? I used to live near there)
You didn't mention whether the student is a kid or an adult, general English or Business English?
If they are adult, you...
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Forum: English Questions
Apr 21st, 2008, 02:52 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,766 Re: CV
Hi,
1 Your name should be at the top instead of 'Curriculum Vitae'
2 Lose the Times New Roman font and try Arial instead
3 Align the sections so that the overall effect is clean
4 Do you really want...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 21st, 2008, 02:42 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,576 Re: Your ESL skills
OK, got it.
In my case, I definitely feel like I've learned a lot and know a lot. I did my first teaching gig in Romania before I got my Tefl cert, and I cringe when I think about those classes! But...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 9th, 2008, 07:59 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 9th, 2008, 07:56 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,576 Re: Your ESL skills
That's a shame that you feel that way. I wonder what kind of classes you have had during that time? If you teach a variety of students from many different countries and teach a variety of courses...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 6th, 2008, 07:38 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,576 |
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 31st, 2008, 07:40 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 30th, 2008, 07:33 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,284 Re: Is non-biased ESL possible?
... and come to think of it, the Headway Series is terrible for this ... 'In this unit, we will listen to an audio clip of the British Prime Minister discussing fish and chips...'
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 30th, 2008, 07:31 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,284 Re: Is non-biased ESL possible?
I don't think it's very likely or possible within the near future - maybe 50 years from now when the world is more integrated.
People tried to do something like this with Esperanto, an artificially...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 16th, 2008, 08:56 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 13,298 Re: Would you apologize to your students?
I have no problem apologising, but then again I have mature adult students who make mistakes in their own jobs. I have to admit that it would be more difficult to apologise to a group of teens. Even...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 12th, 2008, 08:10 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,483 Re: Do you team teach?
If she's young, she's probably just overenthusiastic and she probably doesn't realise that you feel put out. Why don't you take her for a coffee (I luv Vietnamese coffee, by the way) and sit down and...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 12th, 2008, 07:51 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 20,871 Re: Grammar rules and exceptions!
Teacher - ...so we use Present Simple for something generally true, and Present Continuous for a current action.
Student - Yes, I am understanding.
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I like to get the students to...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 4th, 2008, 08:04 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,297 Re: Do you videotape your students? When? Where?
I definitely record them when teaching presentation skills. We record them at the beginning of the course for the 'before' and also at the end for the 'after' (like in the slimming ads, except here...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 28th, 2008, 07:30 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,483 Re: Do you team teach?
Hi, I'm familiar with CLIL. Just to avoid confusion, CLIL isn't linked to team teaching in particular, but it means teaching a subject such as Science or Maths in English in order to kill two birds...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 27th, 2008, 11:01 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,483 Re: Do you team teach?
I don't think the exact system is common in other countries, but I do enjoy taking a group together with another trainer. There are definitely some advantages to this approach.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 26th, 2008, 02:19 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,680 Re: Where do you teach?
Hi!
I'm Scottish by birth and I live here in Malaysia. I've been here for more than 10 years.
I teach Business English, Basic IT, Comm Skills ... you name it
What I like about Malaysia is the food...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 26th, 2007, 01:49 am
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Replies: 0
Views: 3,277 Merry Xmas!
Season's Greetings everybody,
I'm back at work already, boo hoo!
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Forum: English Questions
Dec 13th, 2007, 12:11 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 5,821 What do you call an adverb that...?
What do you call an adverb that goes at the front of a sentence to show point of view:
eg Unfortunately, my car broke down.
Basically, you don't have a chance...
There must be a grammar term...
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