Forum: ESL Games and Activities 
Mar 25th, 2011, 04:10 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 18th, 2011, 08:18 pm
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Views: 8,001  Re: Dealing with difficult student
These kinds of students are too common, but unfortunately can make teaching sooo frustrating! I think alawton's suggestions are good - hopefully it will get her to wait until after the lesson, so you...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 13th, 2011, 01:22 am
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Replies: 9
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Mar 5th, 2011, 12:41 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 26th, 2011, 10:03 pm
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Views: 24,507 Re: An Ice Breaker Every Day?
Using ice breakers after slower periods of the lesson (like reading) is also good to get the students talking again i think.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 26th, 2011, 10:00 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,837 Re: Freelance teacher's bag!
i think using the computer is good for long term records, but having at least a "cheat sheet" that covers the most recent topics makes it easier too.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 19th, 2011, 04:50 pm
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Replies: 15
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 19th, 2011, 04:45 pm
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Views: 3,983 Re: english lessons
Take a look at mes-english.com there's a good board game there that I used when teaching small groups.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 19th, 2011, 04:41 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,728 Re: setting up a new school - Help!
So you're targeting young learners? Sounds like there are a few schools in town that are already targeting them. Do you have a point of difference, other than the specific book used? Or maybe try...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Jan 22nd, 2010, 09:02 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 22nd, 2010, 08:59 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 2nd, 2008, 02:33 am
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Views: 2,677 Re: need a change in my students
By doing it yourself. Get involved with the sts and show them how fun it is. Play games that focus on team work, even if they are simple (like pictionary or charades). I've had classes like this -...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 13th, 2007, 06:36 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 7,658 Re: British versus American
football is also called soccer in australia.... something that i thought more people knew... but it turns out it's not that common knowledge :P
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Forum: General Chat
Aug 30th, 2007, 12:43 am
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Forum: General Chat
Aug 30th, 2007, 12:41 am
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Views: 3,439 Re: Sick n /Tired of being expected to be a Yank
England, Canada, Aus, US etc all have slight differences in how they use English and sts usually take after their teachers and how they speak. I have come across many classes that were taught...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 30th, 2007, 12:30 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 12,575 Re: How to teach dates of the month
A good follow-up game is to throw a beach ball around. Every time a st gets the ball they must say what position they are in (first, second, third etc).
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Forum: General Chat
Aug 21st, 2007, 01:38 am
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Replies: 9
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Forum: General Chat
Aug 21st, 2007, 01:37 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 15th, 2007, 09:58 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 9,917 Re: How can I Make my ESL Students Speak Louder?
hi there,
I haven't been around eslhq for a while, but i just dropped by and just had to reply to this post. I use this technique with young learners (students under 18, really).
Talk in the same...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 19th, 2007, 06:04 am
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 11th, 2007, 06:10 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,623 Re: Textbook Advice
I used the "Let's Go" series and had no real problems with them.... apart from the fact that they are American (for spelling and what not). I did find them a little slow, but it's always easy to find...
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Forum: General Chat
Apr 10th, 2007, 05:42 am
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Replies: 13
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Apr 10th, 2007, 05:40 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,401 Re: How to make kids to read texts loudly
Here's what i've done... I've found it to work quite well:
I pretend that I can't hear what they are saying. They usually get the message and read louder. One class i taught was a bunch of 11-12 year...
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Forum: General Chat
Apr 2nd, 2007, 06:44 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,061 Re: School holidays
Because i didn't teach at a 'normal' school (we had lessons all throughout the year. The students had summer off, some time in winter and three week long national holidays. The national holidays are...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Apr 2nd, 2007, 06:38 pm
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Replies: 7
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