Forum: Teaching ESL 
Oct 9th, 2006, 05:12 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,836  Re: Managing large classrooms
Good morning to you all!
I just had my 1Oth Graders and I was revising the verb tenses and my students had some trouble in understanding and, later on, using the Present Perfect tense. In Portuguese...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 8th, 2006, 06:23 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,836 Re: Managing large classrooms
Greetings!
I provide them all material that I use, sometimes even with notes explaining contents but I never set any 'formal' homework, it would be a bit cruel once I have students who have families...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 6th, 2006, 03:00 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,836 Re: Managing large classrooms
Greetings everybody!
Thank you for your kind replies.
Actually I tried to assess their knowledge with simple wh-questions and simple vocabulary exercises (explaining words and their meaning,...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 5th, 2006, 07:44 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,836 Re: Managing large classrooms
Greetings!
Portugal has an extremely high number of school drop-outs, and people with low or even none school qualificatins. So as to invert this our ministry decided to open evening courses which...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 4th, 2006, 08:55 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,836 Re: Oversized classes!
I have evening classes - 10th graders - and their age range goes from 21 to 39 all in the same class, with different proficiency levels.
I'm having a few difficulties in managing my classes because...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 3rd, 2006, 03:43 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,011 Re: Oversized classes!
Greetings!
Thank you Eric.
Indeed I meant pronunciation. It's just that sometimes I sense that weaker students tend not wanting to read out loud because they are afraid of making mistakes and being...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 2nd, 2006, 09:30 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,011 Re: Oversized classes!
Greetings to you all!
Thank you sooooo much for all those great suggestions. I'll definately try them out.
Just one more thing... When you have students reading out loud do you interrupt them to...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 29th, 2006, 09:44 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,011 Re: Oversized classes!
Greetings!:)
Thank you for your suggestions. The trouble is that I do not only have oversized classes but also mixed ability classes. I have students who barely know how to tell me their names and...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 28th, 2006, 12:27 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,011 Oversized classes!
Greetings!
I have 25 8th graders in once a week, and I've been feeling really frustated because I haven't been able to manage student's oral participation, it always gets a bit out of hand. My most...
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