Forum: Teaching ESL 
Oct 1st, 2006, 08:37 am
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Views: 12,527  Re: Punjabi 1st grader
I am replying to this post as I do specialise in exactly that area - fun english games for children aged 4-12.
Many teachers rely on photocopiable resources, but I believe that many teachers rely...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 1st, 2006, 08:25 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,702 Re: Oversized classes!
Hi Ana,
Working with large, mixed-ability classes can be tough. Here are some suggestions to help you get the most out of your 90 minutes per week:
I agree with the other responses that have...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 24th, 2006, 07:21 am
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Replies: 47
Views: 72,252 Re: What age group do you prefer?
I prefer teaching kids because I like games and play and adults can be soooooooooooooooo inhibited. Sure they will loosen up as they get to know you and each other but they probably still won t be...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 24th, 2006, 07:05 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,274 Re: Showtime!
Hi there
For kids - even if their English is basic Rowan Atkinson s Hollywood disaster movie is brilliant. It is called Bean in Hollywood or something along those lines. I gave it to my French...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 21st, 2006, 09:23 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 34,196 Re: one-on-one class help me
It's true that children that young aren't even necessarily fluent in their own language yet and you need to find activities that they will like doing and just do these activities with them with the...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 7th, 2006, 08:09 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,553 Re: Interaction in the classroom
When I decide how to handle a particular lesson, I think about how I would prefer to learn the material. I think that a lot of people really dread “lecture” type lessons and classes as they are easy...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 7th, 2006, 07:49 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,990 Re: How do you have fun in class?
There are so many things you can do to reward your students at the end of the term... you might even be able to "sneak in" some learning if you have a cache of educational games available for them to...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 1st, 2006, 06:14 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,216 Re: Anyone bought this on-line book?
Dear Stanley and Mark,
Thank you for discussing my e-book. I would like to give you three pieces of information relevant to your comments - but no sales hype.
I have created a testimonials page on...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 31st, 2006, 12:46 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 26th, 2006, 12:14 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,884 Re: Tutoring - books to use?
Hi Eli,
I am replying to this post as I do specialise in exactly that area - fun English games for children aged 4-12.
As far as photocopiable resources these can be life savers. However I also...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Aug 22nd, 2006, 08:28 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,889 Re: Changing seats
Another idea that I have used is to number the desks and then have the students each pick out corresponding numbers from a hat and that is where they go. You can do the numeral on the desk and the...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Aug 22nd, 2006, 08:17 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 357,576 Re: First Day Activities
I like to play an interviewing game. Before class, make up a list of characteristics that students are likely to have such as "I live in a house" or "I am an only child". Then add in a few unusual...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Aug 18th, 2006, 10:45 pm
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Replies: 35
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 18th, 2006, 10:25 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 15,785 Re: Fun Spelling tests
I like all the above ideas, and I can also suggest playing various games based on anagrams, also boggle, and other spelling games, such as fill in the blanks, hangman and many more.
Another things...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Aug 11th, 2006, 12:57 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 8,951 Re: writing activity
One of my favorite writing activities is to have the children complete an add-a-sentence story. You can do this in a variety of ways: One way would be to have all the students write the same...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 8th, 2006, 07:06 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 12,817 Re: Speaking activities with desks in rows
I've used a ton of different methods to get students into groups that are different than just numbering off or calling out names that are time savers as well.
One such example is to prepare index...
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