Forum: Teaching ESL 
Jan 13th, 2007, 04:33 am
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Views: 3,675  Re: Books for 2007
I got the books in England from Amazon. There was an offer on Amazon with the books.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 12th, 2007, 10:35 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,675 Re: Books for 2007
Here are the books that I bought for my CELTA Course:
1. J. Scrivener: "Learning Teaching", Second Edition. Macmillan.
2. M. Swan: "Pratical English Usage", Third Edition. Oxford.
3. M....
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Forum: General Chat
Jan 11th, 2007, 11:32 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 10,929 Re: Termination of Employment
Thank you Clive for your reply. It is really not the best time for this to happen 'cos I have a CELTA Course starting soon and my son is going to have to move to a different place.
Having got my...
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Forum: General Chat
Jan 11th, 2007, 10:55 am
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Forum: General Chat
Jan 11th, 2007, 09:05 am
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Forum: General Chat
Jan 11th, 2007, 08:31 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 10,929 Re: Termination of Employment
Big problem now people!
My employers took a day to consider my notice and told me that me and my family have to move on/out within five days! In my contract though, it mentions the employer must...
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Forum: General Chat
Jan 10th, 2007, 11:55 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,140 Re: Happy Birthday Eric!
Wow, Happy B'day mate. Another year older :) Don't get too old too quickly (just kidding). Are you doing anything special?
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Forum: General Chat
Jan 10th, 2007, 11:53 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 10,929 Re: Termination of Employment
I have started to make some enquiries and would prefer adult education. YBM Sisa contacted me in the past as well as another reputable institute offering adult education so I have to consider them. ...
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Forum: General Chat
Jan 10th, 2007, 10:19 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 10,929 Re: Termination of Employment
Living in Korea, thank you for your advice. I really got annoyed by the fact that I have been working with these directors for over a year and that they still don't seem to trust me. They were...
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Forum: General Chat
Jan 10th, 2007, 07:40 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 10,929 Termination of Employment
Hello and happy New Year all. I have started the year in such a positive mood that I decided to put in my notice to terminate my employment contract. :eek:
Well, I went back to the UK for a week...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 10th, 2007, 07:28 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,818 Re: Correcting mistakes (one-2-one)
I like the self-correction method as well myself. So, the student's paper has like a number in the left, or right, hand margin to illustrate how many mistakes are in the sentence. I then get the...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 8th, 2007, 08:11 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,413 Re: Use of mothertongue....
I suggest you look here (http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/methodology/mother_tongue.shtml) for more info about using L2 language in the classroom.
The references included in the article are...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 8th, 2007, 08:05 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,440 Re: Contract with students
Blue Eyed Kitty, not sure if you are looking for a theme or topic about contracts in business etc or whether you are asking for a form of contract when you start some teaching with some new students....
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 29th, 2006, 08:40 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,295 Re: Too Good to be True or an Honest Proposal
So I have replied to the very very nice gentleman who is offering this employment (Please I am being sarcastic!!!) and he sent me a very basic contract which is like a pdf file but I am unable to...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 22nd, 2006, 06:26 am
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Views: 4,683 Re: Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas. I am teaching this evening then I have a couple of days off for Xmas then it's back to work on Boxing Day. Wish I had three weeks off like most of my family.
I am going to meet a...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 21st, 2006, 09:43 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,295 Re: Too Good to be True or an Honest Proposal
:lol: :lol: :lol: Haven't heard that expression for such a long time.
Don't worry Clive. I am not gonna touch this job, I thought it would be good advise for new teachers starting a career with...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 21st, 2006, 08:14 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,295 Re: Too Good to be True or an Honest Proposal
Anyways to keep you people up to date on this I sent a reply to the very nice chap offering me fours hours work a day and the chance to earn over $4000 per month and this was his reply:
I shall...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 20th, 2006, 11:38 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,295 Too Good to be True or an Honest Proposal
Hello folks,
I received an e-mail from a chap to teach his family the email contents are below:
Now I am not one for being lured into just taking any job that comes along, but this one made me...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 19th, 2006, 09:00 pm
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 16th, 2006, 12:53 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 15th, 2006, 09:41 am
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 14th, 2006, 08:32 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,587 Re: Holidays!
Yes, that is true you get 10 days paid holiday a year but I have to add that there are many public holidays during the year. Lets look:
1. Xmas & New Year day (2 days)
2. Lunar New Year (1 week ~...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 13th, 2006, 08:13 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,889 How do you relax after a hard day's work?
This is really an open topic for those of us that take our job way too seriously. Personally, I work way too hard and take my job too seriously. However, at the end of the day I love to switch off...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Dec 13th, 2006, 08:06 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 68,816 Re: Games for small groups?
:lol:
I have a game I play with students when we watch a DVD:
1. I start the class about the theme of the week and choose a related DVD to play for that time. So for example, if the theme is...
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 13th, 2006, 07:57 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,321 Re: Bringing up kids abroad
That is similar to my situation. I met my wife in the UK and then went to Uni. and then finally went to Korea. I gotta to agree with you, it is rare for that to happen.
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