Forum: General Chat
Mar 18th, 2009, 04:02 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,267 Re: Reverse culture shock
This is an excerpt from a book...
Article_ReverseCultureShock (http://jhsenglipediaproject.com/Methodology_ReverseCultureShock.aspx)
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 22nd, 2009, 12:44 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,949 Re: Usage
ProjectWise
ProjectWise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProjectWise)
GoogleBattles.com says that project-wise is the winner:
►► GoogleBattle: The latest indicator...
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Forum: Site Suggestions and Feedback
Jan 2nd, 2009, 08:02 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,799 Question about multiple accounts...
I don't mean to ask this question to get anybody in trouble but I had a question about multiple accounts.
TEACH ENGLISH ASIA and TIGER ENGLISH
Both of the links on the right hand side link to...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Nov 22nd, 2008, 08:25 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,424 Re: ICALwiki - free, up-to-date & informative
I popped over to have a look and the first thing that stood out was your banner. IT'S HUGE! It takes up over have the page.
Other than that, it looks like a pretty solid resource. Good job!
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 20th, 2008, 03:09 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 15,035 Re: Mistakes that new teachers make
I've noticed that I acquired a slight lisp sometimes when I'm speaking English. I think this has something to do with speaking Japanese and/or katakana English in everyday society.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 13th, 2008, 07:18 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,159 Re: Textbooks
You can charge my right arm...that's awesome! :) Good work and best of luck!
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Forum: General Chat
Nov 11th, 2008, 06:45 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 10,026 Re: Where is everyone?
No joke, it makes me wanna jump ship in Japan RIGHT NOW! Mostly for the fact it's 6C where I'm living.
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Nov 8th, 2008, 04:09 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 14,032 Re: farewell topic
This is just my opinion but how do you plan a whole lesson on farewell? I would think that would blend in with greetings: hi, hello, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good night, goodbye,...
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Forum: Introductions
Nov 5th, 2008, 04:11 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,598 Re: hello from Oman
heh...I'm the opposite. No theories or studying...just straight on-the-job experience.
Welcome!
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Forum: Site Suggestions and Feedback
Oct 28th, 2008, 05:36 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,904 Re: Forum slowing down...
Just at eslhq....hhhmmm...
Whenever, I click on a forum, there's about a 5-7 sec lag.
Oh, well...how far have we come with technology that I'm worried about a lag that's under 10 seconds...
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Forum: Site Suggestions and Feedback
Oct 27th, 2008, 05:43 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,904 Forum slowing down...
Hey Eric,
It seems like the forum is slowing down a bit these days. This is even using my high-speed connection from my home computer.
Any thoughts as to why?
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Oct 17th, 2008, 02:50 am
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Site Suggestions and Feedback
Oct 15th, 2008, 11:16 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,607 Re: Wow, talk about blatant!
So, how do you let people know about the site without posting the site or providing a link to them?
I mean, if I wanted to let people know about a crappy English company like Interac, and I provided...
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Forum: Site Suggestions and Feedback
Oct 15th, 2008, 02:36 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,607 Re: Wow, talk about blatant!
Why can't we start a list of websites that we straight up hate and list the reasons why, then put the somewhere on our sites.
I'm sure our sites get enough traffic coming through our sites where if...
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Forum: English Questions
Oct 10th, 2008, 01:47 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 22,298 Re: noun clauses vs. relative clauses
About Wikipedia, it seems like it was just yesterday when closed-minded teachers rejected Wikipedia and now more and more it is being embraced.
Any information, whether it comes from a book or the...
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Forum: English Questions
Oct 9th, 2008, 10:58 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 22,298 Re: noun clauses vs. relative clauses
I wouldn't say it's a 2 page explanation but I use the following site for a lot of explanations on my site: INDEX to the Guide to Grammar and Writing...
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Forum: English Questions
Oct 7th, 2008, 11:19 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 22,298 Re: noun clauses vs. relative clauses
I'll climb back into my hole now...
The answer was more simple than I thought. In relative clauses, the relative pronoun can ALWAYS be replaced with 'which' or 'who' and the sentence will make...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 7th, 2008, 11:00 pm
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Replies: 5
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Forum: English Questions
Oct 7th, 2008, 07:03 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 22,298 noun clauses vs. relative clauses
I'm a little confused...
Can someone layout really nicely when a noun clause being used as a direct object is actually a noun clause and not a relative clause?
Take the following examples:
"This...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 30th, 2008, 04:34 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,137 Re: Fear of learning?
I know for me and taking Japanese classes, I sometimes go for the easier ones because I'm not confident enough for the higher level classes. I'm one of those perfectionists that unless I can do ALL...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 24th, 2008, 09:17 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,218 Students questioning the English textbook
I teach in Japan public schools as an assistant English teacher. We have to use the English textbooks that have been okayed by the Japanese government.
Problems can potentially arise when these...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 17th, 2008, 08:19 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,439 Re: 2010
I would say this is probably one individual's usage. I've used both types in conversation...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 10th, 2008, 07:49 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,035 Re: teaching grammar creatively
These games are designed for Japanese students but many people have found them useful.
The following page is separated by grammar: CLICK HERE (http://jhsenglipediaproject.com/grammar.aspx)
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Jul 26th, 2008, 09:35 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 42,518 |
Forum: General Chat
Jul 11th, 2008, 06:09 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,632 Re: It's holiday time ! !
Clive,
Posting those pictures makes me wanna hurt you. I live on a damn mountain with cecadas, spiders and snakes everywhere. I'm in the wrong place...
We should do a teacher exchange...I'll go...
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