Forum: Teaching ESL 
Oct 30th, 2006, 03:45 pm
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Views: 57,350  Re: ESL songs for kids
Thanks for the suggestions.
I shall check out the links now.
I want accompaniement though Pam - not just a voice on its own.
Also I want a CD I can buy and not just stuff to download - so I will...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 30th, 2006, 03:41 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,716 Looking for flashcards, not printable ones
Hello,
Does any teacher out there have a link to some real picture flashcards I can buy by post - not printable flashcards.
There must be some cheap ones made in China or Taiwan - I've only found...
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Forum: General Chat
Oct 19th, 2006, 02:35 pm
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Replies: 56
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Forum: General Chat
Oct 19th, 2006, 02:28 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,330 |
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Forum: General Chat
Oct 19th, 2006, 02:26 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,297 Re: Steps to Teaching Abroad?
Hi there,
I'm of the survivor mentality.
If you like a place and you want to go there - then just go. Throw caution to the wind, be prepared to work hard, and things will probably work out.
One...
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Forum: General Chat
Oct 19th, 2006, 02:23 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 22,643 Re: Country Mouse or City Mouse?
To me the city is abnormal.
Country people often develop inner resources to entertain themselves and find even the orange haze of a street lamp an insult to the beauty of the night.
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Forum: General Chat
Oct 19th, 2006, 02:17 pm
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Views: 4,301 Re: travel ideas?
Thailand is fab fab fab, especially the food. Oh those food markets with their steaming stalls of spicy flavours, and the gello stands for pudding.
I did actually manage to burn away my stomach...
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Forum: General Chat
Oct 19th, 2006, 02:12 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,775 Re: Teaching in Europe
Here's a bit about France, where I live.
Anyone considering coming here - well you'd be mad not to want to live here really - beautiful scenery, no traffic jams outside of Paris and the turnaround...
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Forum: General Chat
Oct 19th, 2006, 02:02 pm
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Replies: 9
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 19th, 2006, 09:25 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 57,350 ESL songs for kids
I am having a job finding good songs for young children because I find that most songs out there just have too many words in them. By the time the children have learned the first verse and chorus...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 19th, 2006, 09:16 am
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Replies: 17
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 19th, 2006, 09:06 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 9,808 Re: teaching vocabulary
Dear Williejean
I remember a spanish class like that. We sat for what seemed like hours, but was probably an hour, while the teacher wrote a ton of words on the board. Boy was it dull, and guess...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 19th, 2006, 09:01 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 45,538 Re: fluency versus accuracy
Hmmm, I don't know. A beginner cannot say that much in a language so it might as well be accurate!
Regardless of level it depends if you are doing a drill or a free type of exercise, and I believe...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 19th, 2006, 08:56 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,669 Re: help.....
For my other classes, which are a bit more advanced (ages 3-5) I'm trying to think of activities/games to teach them classroom commands (ie raise your hand, point to..., sit in a circle, stop, go,...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 19th, 2006, 08:52 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 19th, 2006, 08:50 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 59,468 Re: Classroom management (discipline)
I used to do a fair bit of tour leading, interspersed with my teaching and travelling lifestyle, and I discovered that positively the WORST listeners were teachers.
I dreaded the August trips which...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 19th, 2006, 08:39 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 18,612 Re: Reading - a great way to improve your English
Other reading ideas I've just had for teenagers:
Biography of the Spice Girls or which ever band is in these days, or David Beckham's story or just how much plastic surgery has Victoria Beckham had...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 19th, 2006, 08:37 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 18,612 Re: Reading - a great way to improve your English
When I learned French I used to read all the Asterix books, and then books by François Sagan who wrote pretty awful love stories - idea for me as a young teenager - I suppose the equivalent in...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Oct 19th, 2006, 08:07 am
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Replies: 88
Views: 200,066 Re: Riddles - Riddles & Answers ONLY!
A dress as in address I should have said - for the previous riddle.
Here's another one,
What part of your body has got the most rhythm?
Answer: your ear drums!
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Oct 19th, 2006, 08:05 am
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Replies: 88
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Oct 19th, 2006, 07:52 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 13,361 Re: Drilling in large classes
Hello,
Here is a great game for drilling large classes - this one is for speaking practise once the words have been introduced and their meanings learned.
You can see the game fully explained with...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 15th, 2006, 03:45 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 31,949 Re: ESL Games
Hi,
Here's are some ideas that I like to pass along:
One of my favourite writing activities (which can be adapted to virtually any theme you've decided to go with) is to have the children complete...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 15th, 2006, 03:40 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,886 Re: Favourite textbook?
Hello, I use Michael Swan when I have a doubt, but for the most part I teach children and I like the idea of teaching grammar through absorption, repetition and practise rather than by giving an...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 8th, 2006, 06:34 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,829 Re: listening for key info
I like using games, so maybe you could give them a short example of what you'll be doing, and then turn it into a game. Give them a short speech and then have them get into teams. Give each team a...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 8th, 2006, 06:18 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 52,078 Re: Teaching 3-6 year olds - Help me!
Hi Clive...
It looks like you've been given a lot of wonderful advice and ideas to help you get started, but I did want to jump in on this one as well because I specialise in fun learning games for...
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