Forum: Teaching ESL 
Jun 24th, 2008, 08:01 am
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Views: 32,290  Re: Teaching English in French primary schools
Do you want to teach just English or become a primary school teacher here in France?
For financial reasons English in primary schools is now taught by the students’ regular teacher. To teach in...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Mar 15th, 2008, 12:51 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 32,290 Re: Teaching English in French primary schools
Pernickety – how did your inspection go ?
I second abonnefant’s recommendation of TPR. It’s great and it doesn’t cost a thing to get started. In TPR (Total Physical Response), the children give a...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 14th, 2008, 11:59 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 32,290 Re: Teaching English in French primary schools
I found it surprisingly easy to learn the signs for the words I use the most often with my students. I found it easier to learn the signs in the context of a story so I practiced by signing the...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Feb 13th, 2008, 10:39 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 32,290 Re: Teaching English in French primary schools
I’ve been teaching English in French primary schools for the past ten years. I’ll try to explain « how » I teach.
My teaching is comprehension-based. I don’t think you can learn to speak a language...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 7th, 2007, 09:44 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 6,605 Re: How to teach without wild games or activites?
I teach in France also. I think it is ideal if the kids don’t know that I speak French. That way they are never tempted to speak to me in French. Why would they if they think I can’t understand them....
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 23rd, 2006, 07:26 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 54,796 Re: ESL songs for kids
I think the following links might have what you are looking for.
http://www.supersimplesongs.com/
http://www.drjean.org/
http://www.yadeeda.com/
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