Forum: Teaching ESL 
Jun 14th, 2007, 12:20 pm
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Views: 12,528  Re: What games are suitable for adults?
There is one game that I have found works with every class, every level, every age group - and that is "Typhoon".
When I first read about it, the suggestion was to have a set of cards which were...
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Forum: General Chat
Jul 28th, 2006, 12:44 am
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Views: 3,456 Re: Teaching Turkish
I would love to learn Turkish because I am moving to Turkey in a month or so. But, other than me, I have never met anyone in this part of the world (China) who speaks or wants to speak Turkish - most...
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Forum: General Chat
Jul 27th, 2006, 10:21 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,833 Re: Using photocopied materials in the classroom?
I taught in Australia where the copyright rules are strict. You can copy 10% of a book "for study purposes" - I always understood that to mean your own study. The education department in West Aus...
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Forum: General Chat
Jul 27th, 2006, 10:01 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,648 Re: I just wanted to share my new addiction
My addiction started when I downloaded a trial version of it onto my Palm. Then my three days trial was over and so I was quickly on the net finding free sites. I especially like the "Jigsawdoku" you...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 27th, 2006, 09:57 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 12,528 Re: What games are suitable for adults?
I have found that "Alibi" works well with adult groups. This is the one where you say a crime has been committed, and a person matching the description of one class member was seen at the scene. That...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 27th, 2006, 09:47 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,697 Re: Teaching Corporates
For a start, stop calling them "Games"! Interactive Learning activities are essential. Every corporate class I teach starts with the request : "We want opportunities to speak". They don't want to be...
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Forum: General Chat
Jul 27th, 2006, 05:03 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,851 Re: Text Books in Rural PRC?
In Rural (People's Republic of) China people are generally pretty poor. Books, if any tend to be old / old-fashioned / written for Chinese teachers. i.e Its all in Chinese with the occasional English...
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