Forum: ESL Games and Activities 
Nov 22nd, 2011, 07:07 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,566  Re: Quiet/calm games for kindergartners
Thanks! That's a great idea. Closing their eyes usually brings everybody back to a quiet state, if at least for a bit.
I do have TA's in almost all of my classes. For the ones that aren't, the...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Nov 1st, 2011, 08:36 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,566 Quiet/calm games for kindergartners
Hi!
I just finished up my Halloween activities today, and am hoping to follow up this highly stimulating lesson with some games and activities that won't get a class of 30+ kindergartners too...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 30th, 2011, 12:48 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 18,212 Re: Mistakes that new teachers make
Hmm, I've noticed that people don't change everyday... still haven't started doing it myself, though. I just recently started teaching in Dalian. Just curious, what kinds of funny names should I look...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 30th, 2011, 12:32 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,253 Re: Signature Chant...
That's amazing! I'll definitely give that a try after everyone gets back from holiday. I just hope I'm not too late in trying to enforce another rule. This is my first year teaching, and I didn't...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 26th, 2011, 12:30 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,253 Signature Chant...
I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions about classroom chants.
I teach in China, and many of the Chinese teachers use some standard chant (in Chinese) to get the students attention. When they...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Sep 26th, 2011, 12:22 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,212 Re: Practicing Dialogue with 3 year olds
So, the hello dialogue actually worked out!
I brought in a colorful bag filled with "friends" - stuffed animals, and such. I would say, "oh, who's in here?" I'd then grab an animal, but just as it...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Sep 23rd, 2011, 08:11 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,212 Re: Practicing Dialogue with 3 year olds
These all sound great. I hope I didn't make the dialogue thing sound too intense. It was mostly just trying to get them to say, "what's your name" and "I am blah."
I ended up doing thing where I...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Sep 20th, 2011, 04:38 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,212 Practicing Dialogue with 3 year olds
Hi all,
I'm teaching kindergartners in China, and am looking for ways to teach small dialogues to very small children - between 3 and 6.
For example:
Hello, what's your name?
My name is ...
I...
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