Forum: English Questions 
May 26th, 2010, 04:11 am
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Views: 3,144  Re: game
You could make something like that with the Paper Game (http://www.mes-english.com/games/papergame.php) from MES-English.com (http://www.mes-english.com)
Add some variables like:
hair: long -...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
May 26th, 2010, 04:06 am
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
May 26th, 2010, 04:03 am
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Forum: English Questions
May 19th, 2010, 12:13 am
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Forum: English Questions
May 19th, 2010, 12:11 am
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Forum: English Questions
May 16th, 2010, 07:31 am
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Views: 3,823 I don't know what to title this one
"Trying to take a closer look at her, the police officer told us to stay back."
One of my students asked me about this sentence, and at first all I could do was say it didn't seem natural. I...
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Forum: English Questions
May 16th, 2010, 07:18 am
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Views: 7,888 Re: "me too" or "I too"
I agree with what Susan said. I just want to add that when you say "Me, too.", you are reiterating the same is true for me, but literally.
For me, if you say:
It sounds like B is saying "I miss...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
May 10th, 2010, 06:25 pm
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
May 10th, 2010, 06:21 pm
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Views: 60,514 Re: Conversation Activities for 12-18 year olds
There are some conversational activities on the MES games page (http://www.mes-english.com/games.php). There are board games, cards games, grammar games, and other single sheet printable activities....
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Forum: English Questions
May 10th, 2010, 06:18 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 8,175 Re: How to use "not,no"?
Sue - You're a champ! :D
It's not my site, but I'll thank you for Eric (who may or may not have left the building.) Thanks for taking the time to answer all these questions with such thorough...
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Forum: English Questions
May 9th, 2010, 06:52 pm
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Views: 6,701 Re: How to use "I get to"?
Maybe you are confusing "have got to ~" with "get to ~"
"have got to ~" is the same as "have to"
Comparison examples:
I've got to present this report on Friday. (I must do it on Friday.)
I get to...
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Forum: English Questions
May 7th, 2010, 10:47 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,701 Re: How to use "I get to"?
No, it means you are allowed to do something. Some has let you or given you the opportunity to do something.
I get to play Romeo in this year's play. (the teacher choose me to do it)
He gets to...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 2nd, 2010, 07:52 pm
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Views: 7,728 Re: Do you suopport ESL co-teaching? What type?
Sorry, I never answered this. It was great! Even when it wasn't so great :)
Like I said above, it's great to have a partner for conversation modeling, especially when you're teaching conversation. ...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 2nd, 2010, 07:44 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,728 Re: Do you support ESL co-teaching? What type?
Eric - Nicely put.
I agree. It's not really the situation but what you make of it. Even if you don't have the best conditions or you don't really like the conditions, you can still work with what...
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Forum: English Questions
Apr 28th, 2010, 05:21 pm
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Views: 3,916 Re: The near future
Here's the post Susan was refering to
http://www.eslhq.com/forums/esl-forums/english-questions/future-simple-will-going-2541/#post5809
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Forum: English Questions
Apr 27th, 2010, 04:59 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,755 Re: there is VS. has
i thought of some ideas but they need a little more:
There's some rain in the forecast later today.
There's some rain on the way this afternoon.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 27th, 2010, 12:44 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,361 Re: Some Useful Websites (including my blog)
One other thing on this front is unless you already have an outlet to draw readership from, you are really only going to see increased visits via search engines. That might mean that what you are...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 26th, 2010, 06:18 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,361 Re: Some Useful Websites (including my blog)
Sorry, I don't want to discourage you. Comments do come, but remember you're not the only one blogging out there. There are probably thousands of people blogging these days about teaching English...
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Forum: English Questions
Apr 26th, 2010, 06:12 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,755 Re: there is VS. has
"There is rain today." sounds wrong to me. I'd say "It's going to rain today."
A: This afternoon's game was canceled.
B: It's raining. (not *There is rain today.)
A: I have to get out and mow the...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 26th, 2010, 06:11 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,361 Re: Some Useful Websites (including my blog)
I have quite a few people come through my site(s) and my main advice is don't expect comments :(
In general, I hardly ever hear from people unless there is a mistake or they have a question about...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Apr 20th, 2010, 01:14 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 8,386 Re: 140+ young adult student activities
well, even small successes make us feel pretty good. At least you are used to 70 students at a time :)
Let us know how any of those ideas work out for you.
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Forum: Board Games
Apr 19th, 2010, 08:14 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 19th, 2010, 08:10 pm
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Forum: General Chat
Apr 13th, 2010, 06:15 pm
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Views: 4,442 Re: Multi-touch in the classroom
Found it! multitouch products (http://www.ideum.com/products/) or something like it.
What kind of software would you be looking for? It seems like most of those tables are for manipulating images. ...
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Forum: General Chat
Apr 13th, 2010, 06:10 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,442 Re: Multi-touch in the classroom
Well, I'd say from a business standpoint if there isn't software that impresses, you should spend on the hardware.
What would the advantages of a multi-touch do for the students? Is it just a tech...
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