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Forum: Teaching ESL Jul 16th, 2007, 08:04 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 4,736
Posted By emile
Re: Blogs

Generally speaking, if students write every day, their writing WILL improve, whether it's checked by someone or not.

If only for that, it's a great idea.

Sharing the blogs with other classes around...
Forum: Teaching ESL Jul 16th, 2007, 01:18 am
Replies: 7
Views: 6,359
Posted By emile
Re: The four language skills are all connected, aren't they?

Well, there was a trend towards conversation classes courtesy of the spread of the communicative approach.

Not so long ago, Denis, you would have had the opposite problem with your student, ie he...
Forum: Teaching ESL Jul 11th, 2007, 07:42 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 14,259
Posted By emile
Re: What do your classes do that drives you mad?

Yes, they weren't happy when I told them to stop using 'whom' because they sounded ridiculous. Apparently their previous teacher would not agree.
Forum: General Chat Jul 11th, 2007, 07:39 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 5,451
Posted By emile
Re: Would you live overseas forever?

Seems to depend quite a bit on the wife.

Something for me to keep in mind since I'm getting married in October!
Forum: General Chat Jul 8th, 2007, 08:48 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 5,451
Posted By emile
Would you live overseas forever?

Would you live in your adopted country forever?

And ever?
Forum: General Chat Jul 8th, 2007, 08:46 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 13,326
Posted By emile
Re: Has teaching English abroad affected the quality of the English you speak?

It's interesting, the trend is for 'horizontal' transmission of information and learning. (ie, students learn from friends, peers, internet rather than from parents and teachers.) This is even...
Forum: Teaching ESL Jul 4th, 2007, 04:39 am
Replies: 35
Views: 37,715
Posted By emile
Re: Have you ever been embarrassed while teaching?

I was embarrassed today, in fact.

I was showing a DVD and it stopped working about five minutes before the end, and I couldn't get it working again.
Forum: Teaching ESL Jul 3rd, 2007, 07:28 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 37,715
Posted By emile
Re: Have you ever been embarrassed while teaching?

Heh, heh. I once had a teacher who would 'mess the air' all the time. And he would stamp his feet while doing it to try to hide the sound.

Here in Malaysia, farting in public is a really strict...
Forum: Teaching ESL Jun 27th, 2007, 07:18 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 31,633
Posted By emile
Re: Changing the subject in a conversation

You've pretty much got it covered, I'd say.

You could note that when people switch from small talk to business, they change their tone of voice and say something like, "Right, then..." or "Shall we...
Forum: General Chat Jun 24th, 2007, 07:25 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 13,326
Posted By emile
Re: Has teaching English abroad affected the quality of the English you speak?

If you look at the stats, it has already happened. The most widely spoken form of English is broken English!
Forum: General Chat Jun 24th, 2007, 07:24 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 13,326
Posted By emile
Re: Has teaching English abroad affected the quality of the English you speak?

No, I don't think it have.
Forum: General Chat Jun 17th, 2007, 07:36 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 2,841
Posted By emile
Guys, have you ever had female students go weird on you?

Let's hear the stories...
Forum: General Chat Jun 6th, 2007, 07:32 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 3,638
Posted By emile
Re: Yahoo Pipes for ESL questions

lol, you can just read them for fun, Yahoo Answers is an addictive site once you get into it. Yahoo Pipes is hard work - there's only a very limited help feature.
Forum: General Chat Jun 6th, 2007, 07:08 am
Replies: 2
Views: 3,638
Posted By emile
Yahoo Pipes for ESL questions

If anyone is interested, I've set up a page that collects questions about ESL that are posted on Yahoo Answers.

I used Yahoo Pipes to source the 10 most recent posts from YA on a series of...
Forum: Teaching ESL Jun 4th, 2007, 12:05 am
Replies: 7
Views: 3,183
Posted By emile
Are people speaking better English these days?

I actually saw a French movie at the weekend that was mostly in English (shock!)

It made me think... there was a time when the French were known for either speaking terrible English or refusing to...
Forum: Teaching ESL Jun 4th, 2007, 12:00 am
Replies: 26
Views: 13,052
Posted By emile
Re: How long do you expect to stay in TESL?

It's tough to stay motivated when teaching. You do it for a love of the language and helping people but then you sometimes wonder if it's worth it.
Forum: English Questions May 31st, 2007, 07:28 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 58,224
Posted By emile
Re: Why does I always take a capital letter?

Wow, Susan, how do you know these things. You're better than wikipedia!;)
Forum: English Questions May 30th, 2007, 08:13 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 58,224
Posted By emile
Re: Why does I always take a capital letter?

Wow, that's an interesting question and a good point.

Interesting, too that there is a trend in text messages and forums to use a small letter for I. Some psycholinguistical socio-whatnot going on...
Forum: English Questions May 28th, 2007, 07:54 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 3,930
Posted By emile
Re: Please help me now!

Even some British people have picked up American English from movies, tv etc.
Forum: English Questions May 27th, 2007, 07:54 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 4,016
Posted By emile
Re: "in a word"

In fact, come to think of it, you can have a lot of fun with the phrase 'in a word'.

For example:

In a word, the adverse impact of tight monetary policy and high interest rates on domestic demand...
Forum: Teaching ESL May 27th, 2007, 07:51 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 13,052
Posted By emile
Re: How long do you expect to stay in TESL?

I've noticed that there aren't too many tv shows about EFL teachers...
Forum: English Questions May 27th, 2007, 07:49 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 4,016
Posted By emile
Re: "in a word"

Hi Dave,

I once read that some cultures tend to view things as black/white and don't feel comfortable with grey areas. Looking back, I used to encounter this when dealing with China students over...
Forum: Teaching ESL May 24th, 2007, 07:54 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 4,800
Posted By emile
Re: Textbook to learn grammar

Grammar is not always the most interesting topic in the world. In class we try to make it interesting by tying it in to the other skills: speaking, writing, reading and listening.

I like the Focus...
Forum: Advertise Your Services May 20th, 2007, 10:03 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 3,136
Posted By emile
One for the kids

Hi all,

I have launched a kid-friendly version of my Road To Grammar site at:

www.roadtogrammar.com/junior


The index page for the original site is at www.roadtogrammar.com/welcome
Forum: Teaching ESL May 20th, 2007, 08:01 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 13,052
Posted By emile
Re: How long do you expect to stay in TESL?

...and I'm getting married this year so that's going to make a difference too. Unlike you, Dave, my travelling days are over!
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