Forum: Teaching ESL 
Jul 21st, 2008, 10:30 am
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Views: 4,686  Re: Looking for teacher's textbooks
I particularly like the Headway series by Oxford. The material works very well, is flexible, yet doesn't jump around from chapter to chapter - something other textbooks have a tendency to do.
A lot...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 7th, 2008, 02:10 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 6th, 2008, 11:20 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 2nd, 2008, 11:39 pm
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Jul 1st, 2008, 04:02 am
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Views: 6,272 Re: Heads Up English weekly tips and ideas
Six reasons to join the weekly newsletter at Heads Up English!
1. It's free. Yes, that's right - FREE!
2. Fresh ideas in the classroom are better than falling back on the same activities again and...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 24th, 2008, 11:01 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,458 Teacher Observations
I'm curious as to how the ESL teaching community feels about getting their lessons observed.
I've written an article on the topic based on my own experience observing and getting critiqued. What...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 22nd, 2008, 10:17 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 15,176 Re: How do you deal with open demo lessons?
That really does sound horrible, Kisito. I usually look at a demo lesson as a second interview. You've made the first cut, and now they want to compare your repoire and organizational skills in a...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 17th, 2008, 08:52 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,648 Re: English vs. ESL
The approach to teaching ESL and teaching EFL differ to some extent. Mark is absolutely right when he says that ESL instruction is more like support. As a result, the teacher may construct a lesson...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 17th, 2008, 08:35 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 11,229 Re: Flash Cards
Thank you jellybeanenglisch! Those are great ideas and quite useful. If you can think of any others, please let me know.
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Jun 13th, 2008, 04:42 am
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Views: 6,272 Heads Up English weekly tips and ideas
I've added a weekly tips and ideas e-mail to Heads Up English (http://www.headsupenglish.com). Just visit the site (http://www.headsupenglish.com), fill out the form, and each week on Thursday...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 10th, 2008, 06:13 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,178 comics in the classroom
Here's an interesting idea that seems to be making the rounds on several blogs: creating your own comics via Bitstrips. I only played around with it for a few minutes, but I can see potential,...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 3rd, 2008, 03:53 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,967 Re: Help me...
Patrick,
I put together a grammar explanation on embedded questions at my site:
Embedded Questions | Heads Up English | ESL Lessons...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 26th, 2008, 08:31 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,437 Re: How many real hours can you teach a day?
I think you also need to consider how many days per week you work. I teach for a couple of hours on Sunday, but if I work five other days in the week, I start to get pretty wound down after a month...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 21st, 2008, 10:57 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,182 Re: Teaching conversation skills
He may speak very well, but he'll also need to maintain that skill. You don't have to focus on free conversation. Select topics on current events or points of interest for him to discuss, debate, or...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
May 20th, 2008, 12:10 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,091 Re: Aloha from Japan!!!
Hi Chris,
Welcome to ESL HQ. Nice blog. I left a comment on keeping diairies, which I wholly agree with.
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
May 14th, 2008, 11:17 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 14th, 2008, 08:58 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 11,229 Re: Flash Cards
Thanks, Mark. I do the same, considering vocabalary presentation as only the first step of the lesson. How about other teachers out there? How do you use flash cards most of the time?
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 14th, 2008, 08:50 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,829 Re: past perfect countinous
Here's a good article on the past perfect progressive. A bit long, but the best information I've found on the subject.
English Teaching Forum Online – Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
May 14th, 2008, 08:35 pm
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Views: 13,162 Re: Do you have Olympic Games Teaching materials?
Great resources for beginners, Kisito. I've put together a few resources for higher-level ESL students for the Olympics, with more on the way soon.
Skill Builders: Listening: The Ancient Olympics:...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 8th, 2008, 04:11 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 11,229 Re: Flash Cards
dazedllama,
Thank you! Those are all good ideas, and ones I've never used before. After the students have learned the vocabulary, do you plug the words into sentences to use the words in real...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 7th, 2008, 04:05 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 7,611 Re: Teacher vs. Scholar
Teaching style, the dynamics of individual classes/students, the L1 of the students, and even the cultural background play a large part in the success of a curriculum, too. No textbook is ever...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 6th, 2008, 11:25 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 7,611 Re: Teacher vs. Scholar
Most textbook writers by the big publishers (Oxford, MacMillan, Pearson) don't have PhDs. They are (or were) teachers in the field, who then tested the material written again and again. At most...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 29th, 2008, 10:54 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,221 Re: Are examinations a true test of knowledge?
I would have to say that tests don't provide an accurate measurement of language ability. Yet it seems to be the best system available given time constraints. People take the TOEIC or TEOFL for...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 18th, 2008, 10:22 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,897 Re: ESL Bookstores in USA
I would look through Amazon to get an idea of what you like or may be interested in. (Of course, it's never the same as actually holding the book in your hands and thumbing through the contents.) I...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Apr 11th, 2008, 09:20 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,650 Re: Board Game for ESL/EFL
It's pretty easy to design your own board games around a grammar point. Design the board in PowerPoint, as well as cards to draw. Or you can just use a series of questions which students must...
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