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Forum: ESL Games and Activities Apr 15th, 2011, 05:19 am
Replies: 14
Views: 44,607
Posted By tomhume89
Re: Conversation activities that don't need resources

Exactly! But what other props can be used? I've used dice before in class, but unsure what else would work..
Forum: ESL Games and Activities Mar 8th, 2011, 11:28 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 11,003
Posted By tomhume89
Re: Board games in large classes

Thanks to all for your responses.

eaturcheese- regarding motivation, I had 4 classes of varying ability at various times during the day. Yes it was Monday, but this had never had such a negative...
Forum: ESL Games and Activities Mar 7th, 2011, 03:59 am
Replies: 9
Views: 11,003
Posted By tomhume89
Board games in large classes

Anyone have experiences of this?

I'd just spent a fair amount of time on creating a board game on Powerpoint: Snakes and Ladders. My class is usually around 60 students, aged 12-14, and I split them...
Forum: Teaching ESL Feb 22nd, 2011, 07:17 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 5,053
Posted By tomhume89
Re: Igniting and Keeping the Interest of a 15yr old ESL student

My 14 year olds go nuts at the mere mention of a celebrity. It's hard to do easily, but try to find which celebrities the student likes or that the age group in the country likes (I can help if it's...
Forum: ESL Games and Activities Feb 16th, 2011, 02:00 am
Replies: 9
Views: 105,393
Posted By tomhume89
Re: English Games and Activities for 3 year olds

I used to teach kids around that age- maybe around 30 kids or so. Off the top of my head here are two activities.

-One game was getting a4 flashcards of vocab (e.g. pig, cow, dog, cat) and putting...
Forum: Teaching ESL Feb 14th, 2011, 10:07 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 43,382
Posted By tomhume89
Re: fluency versus accuracy

If a student is talking, I would never stop them or correct their words afterwards (if they're small mistakes that is!), as I think confidence is the key to fluency and then accuracy. They all follow...
Forum: ESL Games and Activities Feb 14th, 2011, 09:44 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 44,607
Posted By tomhume89
Re: Conversation activities that don't need resources

This worked for my past tense classes with my 12-14 year olds, and it's fairly simple (although I used powerpoint it's fairly easy to de-technologise it- if that's a word!)

I wrote some past tense...
Forum: ESL Games and Activities Feb 14th, 2011, 09:39 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 100,483
Posted By tomhume89
Re: 10 minute games for teenage learners

One game worked well for my 12-14 year olds who were learning past tense (I probably stole the idea from here or somewhere else anyway but I'll post it again!).

-Split the class into two teams...
Forum: Teaching ESL Feb 14th, 2011, 09:30 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 5,824
Posted By tomhume89
Re: Help needed with mixed level Jr high / high school class

It's going to be fairly hard with such a wide range of abilities. What have you taught/tried to teach them so far?

As a junior high school teacher myself, I've learnt (the hard way!) that sometimes...
Forum: General Chat Feb 14th, 2011, 02:18 am
Replies: 12
Views: 5,121
Posted By tomhume89
Re: Going to Hong Kong to get a new visa

You can go to the Chinese consulate direct to get it done in Wan Chai on HK Island (Address/Office hours/Enquiry service (http://www.fmcoprc.gov.hk/eng/zgqz/bgfwxx/)). This, in my understanding,...
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