Forum: ESL Games and Activities 
Mar 8th, 2011, 01:29 am
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Views: 12,049  Re: Board games in large classes
I do the same, dividing my classes up into groups of 4. I just use plain printable board games (http://www.mes-english.com/games/boardgames.php), not snakes and ladders. You may need to model how...
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 28th, 2011, 01:54 am
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Views: 3,162 Re: please i need help
It sounds again a bit like a TEFL homework question ...
What are your (doola's) thoughts? If you can give us your plan and explain a bit about your group (age/level) then it's easier to give advice.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 23rd, 2011, 08:49 pm
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Forum: General Chat
Jan 23rd, 2011, 08:45 pm
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Forum: General Chat
Jan 19th, 2011, 07:54 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,624 Re: Online Course Materials
I don't know of any complete series that's available online. However, many publishers also have additional materials available online.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 17th, 2011, 11:09 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,254 Re: Valentine's lesson
I was thinking about having my high school students make a Valentine's Day magazine. they have to write about famous teens and couples. It can be very short or longer if they'd like. They'll make...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 11th, 2011, 10:08 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,254 Valentine's lesson
Is anyone teaching a lesson on Valentine's day? If so, what are you planning on doing?
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Jan 5th, 2011, 07:34 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 8,498 Re: Quick alphabet review
Sounds like fun.
Another scoring options is to start each team out with 3-5 stars. If they can't come up with a word, they lose a star. The team that loses all of their stars is the loser.
That...
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Forum: General Chat
Jan 5th, 2011, 07:20 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,139 Re: New Year's Resolutions
Yeah, I don't really sit down to make New Year specific resolutions. I'm always trying to better my health and my environment (both the outdoors and my immediate surroundings for living.)
They say...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 31st, 2010, 01:13 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,139 Re: New Year's Resolutions
same as every year ... spend less time reading and focused on other people's lives (Tiger Woods, Lady Gaga's new dress, ...). Spend more time focusing on matters that actually have some relation to...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 23rd, 2010, 07:12 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,579 Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you have a fun and safe holiday season.
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Dec 11th, 2010, 08:12 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 17,392 Re: text message decoding games for teens
Why not make that the warm up to a game where they have to convert lyrics into text message speech.
You could have a prize for the most text message speech (total) and a prize for the most used in a...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Dec 9th, 2010, 09:25 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 31,410 Re: Christmas Activities for adults
There are some Christmas printables (http://www.printwithmypic.com/christmas.php) here. And MES has Christmas bingo games (http://www.mes-english.com/flashcards/christmas.php) and Christmas...
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Forum: English Questions
Dec 6th, 2010, 10:04 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,688 Re: units of measurement
I'd use "units" for what it seems you have there. I'm assuming (like Sue) this is for business.
"items" actually sounds like different products to me. Maybe some variation on a single product or...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Dec 3rd, 2010, 12:54 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 2nd, 2010, 11:34 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,967 Re: teaching mixed class 1- 3 year olds
I feel like there's a difference in students who have started between 1-2 years old and continued on. They're pronunciation is clearly better than older kids, but also their willingness to just try...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 26th, 2010, 11:03 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,091 Re: Trainee in need of help, I'm so confused!
I would have them look at a bunch of activities. You could use flashcards if you have them or just write them out on little pieces of paper. Then, give each student a sheet of paper (landscape with...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Nov 25th, 2010, 03:26 am
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Nov 17th, 2010, 04:10 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 101,749 Re: 10 minute games for teenage learners
eaturcheese - Thanks!
MES English games (http://www.mes-english.com/games.php)
Spiders and Candy game (http://www.mes-english.com/games/spidersandcandy.php)
games to play in the classroom...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Nov 11th, 2010, 05:27 pm
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Nov 11th, 2010, 05:20 pm
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Views: 57,300 Re: yes/no questions(verb to be)short answers
First I work on the question formation and have the students respond with simply "yes" or "no".
Later (months to a year later) we build to a full answer.
"Is this a pencil?"
"Yes, it's a...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Nov 10th, 2010, 02:04 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 18,311 |
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Nov 8th, 2010, 03:08 am
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Views: 11,504 Re: Present perfect tic-tac-toe revision game
Here's a game that's similar but instead of getting 3 in a row, you need to get 4. The game is called Get 4 (http://www.mes-english.com/games/getfour.php).
Take a look at the game. You can use the...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 6th, 2010, 02:16 am
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Replies: 24
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Forum: English Questions
Oct 18th, 2010, 07:52 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 20,662 shortage vs. lack
How would you explain the difference between a shortage of something of a lack of something? I can't seem to find a clear pattern.
a lack - is not having the thing/part to complete something
a...
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