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Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 25th, 2009, 10:19 am
Replies: 1
Views: 3,465
Posted By Denis DNT
How do you correct a colleague who is wrong?

Sounds funny but it is one of those things that has stuck with me all these years.
A colleague is going off completely - teaching the wrong thing to the same students you teach. You want to correct...
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 23rd, 2009, 11:22 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 29,749
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: the best ESL primary coursebooks?

Have you tried "True Colors"?
Forum: Advertise Your Services Mar 23rd, 2009, 11:18 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 7,343
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Post your Language Resource Websites

I have visited your websites.
We all had the same idea.
Forum: General Chat Mar 20th, 2009, 09:25 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 4,578
Posted By Denis DNT
Thumbs up Re: Reverse culture shock

Good one there.
Well written.
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 20th, 2009, 09:23 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 29,749
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: the best ESL primary coursebooks?

The series Cambridge Young Learners is also very good.
I used it for two years.
Forum: General Chat Mar 17th, 2009, 09:26 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 4,578
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Reverse culture shock

Watch your language!
You might have unconsciously caught some relatively strange language structures here. They will sound strange to your friends and family. You will probably find people giving you...
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 17th, 2009, 09:16 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 14,374
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Oral ESL for Adults--Help!

I forgot.
You can visit my website to get some of the worksheets I use.
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 17th, 2009, 09:14 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 14,374
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Oral ESL for Adults--Help!

They love to talk about everyday issues:
Here are suggestions:
1. Who should do household chores?
2. Marriage
3. Your ideal partner
4. Bad office habits
5. Job benefits
6. Pleasing a boss
7. Job...
Forum: Advertise Your Services Mar 17th, 2009, 09:00 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 7,343
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Post your Language Resource Websites

Let me have a look.
I am also building a links page on my website.
Take a look.
Forum: General Chat Mar 14th, 2009, 10:04 am
Replies: 1
Views: 3,269
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Job application

You have big ideas there.
Good luck.
Forum: English Questions Mar 11th, 2009, 09:20 am
Replies: 11
Views: 66,179
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: More dull or duller?

This is very interesting Susan.
I am going to revise some of my lessons.
I wish some of the writers of text books we use knew about this.:becky:
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 10th, 2009, 09:02 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 14,516
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: romeo and juliet - simple version to use in TEFL class?

It's very challenging even when you get a simplified version of those classic works.
Forum: English Questions Mar 10th, 2009, 08:49 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 66,179
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: More dull or duller?

Shouldn't we replace friendlily and livelily with 'in a friendly way' and 'in a lively way'?
Forum: English Questions Mar 10th, 2009, 05:37 am
Replies: 11
Views: 66,179
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: More dull or duller?

Oh noooooooo
Jeez!
Forum: English Questions Mar 9th, 2009, 06:53 am
Replies: 11
Views: 66,179
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: More dull or duller?

Confusing indeed.
The words friendly and lively came up the day we were studying adverbs eventhough we had already studied them as adjectives. The naughtiest in my class said friendlily...
Forum: English Questions Mar 8th, 2009, 09:14 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 66,179
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: More dull or duller?

Yeah dull is definitely a peculiar case.

My students have been making a list of two syllable adjectives for our weekly English coffee time. I found some interesting ones too:

common, commoner,...
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 8th, 2009, 09:05 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 29,749
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: the best ESL primary coursebooks?

Try English Zone.
It's a McGrawHill series from 1 - 6
Lessons are so well laid out that even a newbie would find them easy to teach.
Forum: ESL Games and Activities Jan 11th, 2009, 02:04 am
Replies: 1
Views: 6,182
Posted By Denis DNT
A Chain Riddle for Kids!

It's a new game I made up last year.
At first it was a little hard for my kids.
But soon they got used to it.
Now they make their own Chain Riddles far better than I did.
Their vocabulary is growing...
Forum: Teaching ESL Nov 30th, 2008, 10:54 am
Replies: 31
Views: 20,983
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Mistakes that new teachers make

I paid too much attention to my dressing. I thought I had to change every day. The students soon started to throw funny names at me.
Forum: General Chat Oct 3rd, 2008, 10:40 am
Replies: 22
Views: 43,808
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Does anyone have experience starting language school?

Starting at a location is good if you have good starting capital.
Good luck!
Forum: General Chat Oct 2nd, 2008, 11:59 am
Replies: 38
Views: 33,035
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Where can an ESL teacher get the best pay package?Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul,

This month makes me one year in Shanghai. Yes the pay is great and better than the pay in Beijing where I put in three years. But don't rush to Shanghai, the money goes the way it comes. SHANGHAI...
Forum: General Chat Oct 2nd, 2008, 11:46 am
Replies: 22
Views: 43,808
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Does anyone have experience starting language school?

Start one online first, get popular and then let the students push you to settle at a location. That's what I am doing right now.
Forum: Teaching ESL Oct 2nd, 2008, 11:25 am
Replies: 2
Views: 3,376
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: finding WS for teaching teenagers

I have about a hundred worksheets with many that could push teenagers to speak at this link My Everyday English Online Forum! &bull; Index page (http://www.myeverydayenglish.com/forum/)

Good luck.
Forum: Teaching ESL Aug 27th, 2008, 10:31 am
Replies: 26
Views: 13,037
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: How long do you expect to stay in TESL?

I have put in ten cool years but the IT is now courting me. I am pretty sure I will fall soon.
Forum: General Chat Aug 27th, 2008, 10:14 am
Replies: 38
Views: 33,035
Posted By Denis DNT
Re: Where can an ESL teacher get the best pay package?Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul,

Wow! I won't mind the social inconveniences at all if I had the chance to teach in Saudi Arabia.
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