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Forum: Teaching ESL Apr 5th, 2010, 06:01 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 3,687
Posted By bread_baker
Re: AH! so many beginner students!

When I teach the health unit to my Beginning High adult students, I make sure they know the main parts of the body before I teach illnesses and symptoms. Clip art is available for parts of the body...
Forum: ESL Games and Activities Apr 2nd, 2010, 04:36 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 9,600
Posted By bread_baker
Re: Does anyone have any game ideas for large(ish) kindergarten classes?

Try this website. It's a goldmine of free resources and you should find many things you like.

Free Printables for Teachers - Free flashcards, printable games, free worksheets, printables, phonics,...
Forum: General Chat Apr 1st, 2010, 04:29 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 3,671
Posted By bread_baker
Re: Which learning game would you want to play based on the title only?

I would choose a name based on whether the students are adults or children, and if they are children, what their ages are.
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 26th, 2010, 04:16 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 5,593
Posted By bread_baker
Re: students who don't want to be there

Try looking at this thread:
Discussion topics for high school class?
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 25th, 2010, 05:41 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 3,383
Posted By bread_baker
Re: Pre Uni Reading Class Resources

That sounds like a good place to start. Keep alert in case they start to act bored. Many newspapers have online websites and you can take your class to the computer lab and give them online...
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 25th, 2010, 04:14 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 3,383
Posted By bread_baker
Re: Pre Uni Reading Class Resources

Are you in America? What placement test was used? Was it a CASAS test, and if so, which one? That will give me some idea how high they are.
Can they read and understand a typical American...
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 25th, 2010, 04:09 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 5,593
Posted By bread_baker
Re: students who don't want to be there

Why are they there? Is this (tutoring? class?) required by the school? Did their parents send them?
Forum: English Questions Mar 23rd, 2010, 02:46 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 3,227
Posted By bread_baker
Re: alteration

Some of what Dave B wrote is considered informal.
Forum: English Questions Mar 23rd, 2010, 02:44 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 3,009
Posted By bread_baker
Re: reading

Look at this website and see if it will be useful.

Adult Learning Activities | California Distance Learning Project (http://www.cdlponline.org/)

This is the California Distance Learning Prroject,...
Forum: English Questions Mar 22nd, 2010, 03:09 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 3,009
Posted By bread_baker
Re: reading

What ages are your students? Does the school have a computer lab?
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 22nd, 2010, 02:27 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 9,398
Posted By bread_baker
Re: Handling vocabulary

Here's what I do for my Beginning High students, when we use the Oxford Picture Dictionary. Say that they are going to learn the vocabulary for fruit. I give the students X number of minutes to...
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 21st, 2010, 04:22 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 4,573
Posted By bread_baker
Re: Difficult Class!

You can write dialogs that are meant to sound like they happened on the job. At first, keep the dialogs rather short. I don't use dialogs until after my students have learned the target grammar. I...
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 21st, 2010, 04:13 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 4,573
Posted By bread_baker
Re: Difficult Class!

They need to learn the vocabulary for their jobs. If they are carpenters, they need to know all the names of the tools, as well as some relevant verbs. This has to be priority. You can use this...
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 21st, 2010, 03:35 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 4,573
Posted By bread_baker
Re: Difficult Class!

You wrote that you need to teach English that relates to their work. What occupations do they have?
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 21st, 2010, 03:33 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 4,573
Posted By bread_baker
Re: Difficult Class!

It sounds like you have students who are at the low end of Beginnning High. I get ones like these 4 times a year! Your students are going to need a lot of grammar, because they are very low in...
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 21st, 2010, 03:21 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 75,040
Posted By bread_baker
Re: Thank you.... You're welcome???

I can only tell you how it is in California. I'm a native speaker. The use of the language and the level of formality are very important. Yes, I have used "you're welcome" for many years (I...
Forum: ESL Games and Activities Mar 19th, 2010, 06:54 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 18,412
Posted By bread_baker
Re: Discussion topics for high school class?

You can and should ask the students what they are interested in. I can only speak for America; here students of that age are interested in movies, movie stars, fashion, boyfriends/girlfriends,...
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 19th, 2010, 05:39 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 4,573
Posted By bread_baker
Re: Difficult Class!

I teach Beginning High, which I have taught for over 3 years. Before I make suggestions, I have some questions. How much English do they know? Do they know any sets of vocabulary words like items...
Forum: ESL Games and Activities Mar 14th, 2010, 03:29 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 10,569
Posted By bread_baker
Re: China, Junior High, Games going too well??

You could also divide the class into smaller groups (4-10, depending on the game) and have each group play the game independently at the same time.
Forum: ESL Games and Activities Mar 14th, 2010, 03:22 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 10,569
Posted By bread_baker
Re: China, Junior High, Games going too well??

What about bingo? There is a bingo generator on this site, and some members have made their bingo games available for download. You should make sure that every student has a different bingo board. ...
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 14th, 2010, 03:16 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 38,216
Posted By bread_baker
Re: Controlled and Uncontrolled Classroom Activity/Game

Hi Prax,
You're welcome.
When I write a dialog, here are some things I do. I use 2 character names that are easy for the students to prounce. These names I type with boldface. I also double space...
Forum: ESL Games and Activities Mar 12th, 2010, 05:38 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 14,032
Posted By bread_baker
Re: icebreaker for new class! 3-6 year olds!

Make sure that you write the words, rehearse them a lot with the class, and demonstrate with one or more students.
Forum: ESL Games and Activities Mar 12th, 2010, 05:37 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 14,032
Posted By bread_baker
Re: icebreaker for new class! 3-6 year olds!

Try this website, it's a goldmine!

Free Printables for Teachers - Free flashcards, printable games, free worksheets, printables, phonics, clipart, projects, ebooks and other resources...
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 12th, 2010, 05:33 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 38,216
Posted By bread_baker
Re: Controlled and Uncontrolled Classroom Activity/Game

Here are some things about speaking activities. One kind of controlled speaking activity is a dialog. The students receive a script, and that is what they practice. I use dialogs this way very...
Forum: Teaching ESL Mar 10th, 2010, 05:03 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 7,824
Posted By bread_baker
Re: Extremely difficult class - stress levels soaring

1. Do you have a projector and a laptop computer of your own? If you do, you can connect the two and project images onto the whiteboard.
2. If I had your class, I'd teach it as multi-level (see...
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