Forum: ESL Games and Activities 
Jan 27th, 2013, 08:23 pm
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Sep 24th, 2012, 04:08 am
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
May 21st, 2012, 10:06 pm
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
May 9th, 2012, 04:57 am
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Views: 14,918  Re: Hamburger Stand for Kids
Hi Sonia! Thanks for the compliment.... You could also use normal fabric, or fimo (A type of clay), polymer clay, painted wood pieces, cardboard, etc.... I'd check for felt at a normal fabric store.....
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Mar 16th, 2012, 10:27 am
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Views: 55,726 Re: colours - more ideas needed
You CAN download from Youtube.... it can just be a pain. Using Firefox, get the add-on "DownloadHelper 4.9.8" and set its preferences to download all files as mp4 automatically. Then, go to ANY...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 12th, 2012, 10:39 am
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Views: 3,280 Re: Can anyone help please?
I don't know how applicable this is in South Africa, but in the U.S., sometimes you can have D.U.I.s removed from your record after a certain length of time (also, when I came to Japan to get my...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 29th, 2012, 09:01 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 17th, 2012, 03:57 am
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Forum: General Chat
Feb 17th, 2012, 03:50 am
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Views: 3,866 Re: Technical Person Should I get a TESL?
It depends where you want to teach... unfortunately, it is very hard to get a visa in Japan if you don't have a B.A. (or 3 years relevant experience in the field). If you don't have the B.A., you...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 12th, 2012, 02:36 am
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Views: 3,887 Re: Where to begin with grammar..
If you can, get a hold of a copy of that test and take it yourself. You can use the actual test to design a lesson plan that will help your children the most. Of course, if they can't even spell...
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Forum: English Questions
Feb 10th, 2012, 07:48 pm
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Views: 2,577 Re: Saying 2012
Well, I could see "twenty twelve"... it's catchy... like military time. (20:12) I asked my Canadian roommate today and she said she would also say either "two thousand twelve" or "twenty twelve." So,...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Feb 10th, 2012, 10:31 am
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Forum: English Questions
Feb 10th, 2012, 10:22 am
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Views: 2,931 Re: From the floor?
I agree with Sue on this one. :) "from the floor" is usually a quick way of saying the audience that is participatory in a discussion/debate or otherwise.
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Forum: English Questions
Feb 10th, 2012, 10:21 am
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Views: 2,577 Re: Saying 2012
I say two thousand twelve.... I think the "and" makes it sound really awkward, but maybe looking up news media clips on Youtube might turn some results. How do -you- say it, Sue? :P
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 10th, 2012, 10:18 am
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Views: 3,461  What songs do you ACTUALLY use in your classes?
I teach 1-3 year olds, and 4-6 year olds and just recently found a "treasure trove" of CDs and nursery rhyme/Mother Goose books in the attic of our school. I'm curious to know what songs people...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Feb 10th, 2012, 09:47 am
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Views: 14,918  Hamburger Stand for Kids
I don't know why it happened, but eslHQ ate my last post for this.... soooo..... here it goes again... :doh:
As a follow-up to my felt crepe shop...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Feb 10th, 2012, 09:31 am
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Views: 11,942 Re: Storybook Board Games
Thanks a lot :) If I make another board game, I'll have the sense to scan the pieces beforehand so that it can be a printable resource here ^^;;;; I didn't realize my school had a scanner when I was...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Feb 10th, 2012, 09:10 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 10th, 2012, 08:49 am
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Views: 3,583 Re: Intensive English Program
I'd like to know too. :) I teach theme-based adult classes every week and it's always good to hear what others are doing, since I'll continue having these same students year after year...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 10th, 2012, 08:46 am
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Views: 6,936 Re: Help with an 11 year old boy!!
Glad to hear it worked out for you! My kid really loved Diary of a Wimpy Kid too- now we're reading The 39 Clues together. It's a bit more challenging than Diary, but we can do a lot more vocabulary...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Jan 30th, 2012, 07:45 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 13th, 2012, 12:16 am
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Views: 3,028 Re: Book for short/intensive course
What levels are you teaching? I know from my own language study that I was usually given a teacher-made packet of worksheets and short grammar explanations, readings, etc, but it was very...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 12th, 2012, 09:39 pm
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Views: 6,323 Re: How much to teach a 3 year old
Okay~ so I've retyped the syllabus as I wasn't able to scan it. Hopefully it'll be of use to you. Keep in mind this syllabus is intended for a child that goes to the school every day, so you needn't...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 27th, 2011, 10:19 am
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Views: 6,936 Re: Help with an 11 year old boy!!
11 seems a little old to be singing songs... at least that's my first thought. I would suggest assigning him journals, so that your one hour together can be more productive (and he can be prepared...
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Forum: ESL Articles
Dec 9th, 2011, 09:14 am
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Views: 170,904 Re: 5 Steps to an English Only Classroom
Not at all. :) I am a native English speaker and I believe a mix between "English Only" and some L1 support is fruitful for students. Building a rapport with your students is about as important as...
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