Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 1st, 2007, 02:31 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 28th, 2007, 02:23 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 28th, 2007, 02:21 am
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Views: 3,623 Re: Native Speaker Errors
I think it is very important to expose your students to a wide variety of speakers. If you're a man, play more female voices. If you're American, play more British, Australian etc English. An...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 28th, 2007, 02:14 am
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Views: 16,306 Re: Reading - a great way to improve your English
Hi Dave, True, the price of readers could definitely be lower. I have written some readers specifically for the Chinese market but haven't yet found a Chinese publisher to publish them. At the moment...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 31st, 2007, 01:51 am
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Views: 16,306 Re: Reading - a great way to improve your English
HI Chris, Most of my published readers are aimed at teenagers - some comedy, some adventure, some romance. There tends to be a greater need for lower level material. For example, Richmond Readers...
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Forum: General Chat
Jul 21st, 2006, 12:01 pm
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Views: 9,791 Re: Using photocopied materials in the classroom?
As a freelance writer I am very aware that my material is photocopied and used in the classroom. I do provide free stuff so it would be nice to think that people will also pay for the stuff in books...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Jul 21st, 2006, 07:27 am
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Views: 9,199 Changing seats
It's a nice change for students to get up out of their seats and sit down again next to someone new. The usual one that teachers use is to get the students to arrange themselves in order of their...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 20th, 2006, 01:01 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 16,306 Reading - a great way to improve your English
I am a writer of original readers, not dumbed-down versions of Dickens. I have found that students who read a lot make extraordinary progress, not only in their reading skills, but in all skills....
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 20th, 2006, 12:55 pm
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Views: 43,955 Re: Online TEFL Courses???
I really don't think online learning can be effective for TEFL Training. Teaching is like riding a bicycle - not something you can learn by reading about it. You need to get on, wobble around a bit,...
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