Forum: ESL Games and Activities 
Aug 10th, 2011, 03:31 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 18th, 2011, 05:56 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 17th, 2011, 05:02 pm
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Views: 7,099  Re: 8 year old who can't understand sentences...
This is wonderful!!! Another example of success because of hands-on activities!!
What if you take it up a level and use color-coded tiles or cards? Examples: verbs are green, nouns are blue,...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 10th, 2011, 06:24 pm
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Views: 5,965 Re: Motivating Adults to Speak
I think you should find out about how men and women do and don't interact in their culture. Maybe there are some practices or customs that are influencing the students.
Do you have any pairs of...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 8th, 2011, 12:23 am
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Views: 7,099 Re: 8 year old who can't understand sentences...
While I agree that many words break the rules of phonics, there are many words that keep the rules of phonics. A student who is not equipped with phonics will be unable to sound out even the words...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Mar 8th, 2011, 12:21 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,965 Re: Board games in large classes
I look at it differently. When my students play board games, I divide the class into groups of 4. Each group of 4 plays independently. This method works very well for adults.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 3rd, 2011, 10:34 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 28th, 2011, 06:37 pm
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Views: 3,837 Re: Freelance teacher's bag!
I don't use a laptop during class time. My laptop is too valuable and I don't want to be concerned about safety. I create my lessons in the laptop. After a term ends, I look at all its lessons and...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 24th, 2011, 06:19 pm
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Views: 6,498 Re: First lesson & level testing for adults!
Adults may be interested in computers, or afraid of computers. At my adult school, we get both kinds. You can take adults to ESL websites on the internet that you have screened beforehand. Some...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 24th, 2011, 12:31 am
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Views: 3,837 Re: Freelance teacher's bag!
I use a computer heavily. I try to update my notes in the computer within 24 hours of the class meeting.
My computer is highly organized with folders, subfolders, sub-subfolders, etc.
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Feb 24th, 2011, 12:29 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 11th, 2011, 05:39 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 10th, 2011, 06:07 pm
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Views: 2,989 Re: Intermediate Level Tutoring
First of all, don't expect a lot. Two hours a week is very, very little. My school used to have ESL classes that were 15 hours a week (and the classes covered all the skills).
You will need to...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 6th, 2011, 07:53 pm
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Views: 7,377 Re: HELP! English Lessons for Adults
You are right about some things. If she speaks no English, and can't read English at all, she needs to learn the alphabet, days of the week, months of the year, greetings, and a lot of other basic...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 22nd, 2011, 05:03 pm
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Views: 3,309 Re: Suggest an activity
I'm surprised that you don't have ALL spatial learners. Hopefully all of the students are creative. What level do you have? It sounds like maybe you have beginners. Do they know the simple...
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 6th, 2011, 09:09 pm
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Dec 15th, 2010, 10:33 pm
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Views: 4,263 Re: help, please?
That depends on how many parts the activity has. When I gave students a scenario for a role play, made them responsible to write the script and show it to me for correction, then rehearse it, then...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Dec 13th, 2010, 03:53 pm
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Views: 4,263 Re: help, please?
How long did the role play last? When I give students a role play, and they write the script, the activity takes at least 1.5 hours.
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Dec 10th, 2010, 12:21 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,263 Re: help, please?
I'd focus on activities that last 15-30 minutes, because you don't want the students to get bored. If my students do composition or reading, they may need an hour or more. But for other activities,...
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Forum: English Questions
Dec 5th, 2010, 06:14 pm
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Dec 5th, 2010, 06:09 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,263 Re: help, please?
If I had your group and the students did not know the grammar already: I would not try to teach 2 different grammar structures in less than 1.5 hours.
If you do a search of the forums, you will...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 2nd, 2010, 06:52 pm
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Views: 5,423 Re: animals voice and baby animals, who knows
A baby kangaroo is a joey. A baby sheep is a lamb. A baby cat is a kitten. A baby chicken is a chick. "Cub" is for a baby bear, lion or tiger.
A pony is not a baby horse. A baby horse is a colt.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 26th, 2010, 03:30 pm
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Views: 3,460 Re: Trainee in need of help, I'm so confused!
Have you thought about making a board game? You can make custom board games on this website. You can put a prompt in each space, but not a complete question or statement. Then the student who...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 26th, 2010, 03:23 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 21st, 2010, 06:18 pm
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