Forum: Teaching ESL 
Jan 6th, 2010, 03:23 pm
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Views: 4,419  Re: Is it me or them?
One more thing! Do and does are often hard for students to get. Try a different activity.
Do your students all come on time? At my school, MANY students come late. It's not unusual for students...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 6th, 2010, 03:16 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 4,419 Re: Is it me or them?
Hi Leena,
It may not be you at all. I've been teaching Beginning High in California for 3 years. Some students did not get much (if any) education in their native countries, and these students find...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 6th, 2010, 03:10 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 8,574 Re: 3 hr. private lesson with a 10 year old boy!
If it was up to me, I'd change it to 1.5 hours, 2 times a week. A boy that young may have a hard time focusing for 3 intensive hours. If the mother is determined to keep the original schedule, see...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jan 5th, 2010, 02:41 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,659 Re: First Day Activities
Hi alawton,
Well, I taught some adult classes with 5 levels. I settled into a pattern of teaching the class as a 3-level class (low group, middle group and high group). Of course that made lesson...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 31st, 2009, 11:39 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,718 Re: Privately Tutoring 6yr old - Help needed
Be sure to check out Mark's website:
Free Printables for Teachers - Free flashcards, printable games, free worksheets, printables, phonics, clipart, projects, ebooks and other resources...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Dec 31st, 2009, 12:05 am
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Replies: 16
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Forum: General Chat
Dec 30th, 2009, 11:57 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 30th, 2009, 11:53 pm
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Dec 30th, 2009, 12:03 am
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Views: 7,569 Re: board games
I have made some of my own board games, too. I think it's really important to design a game so that it is different every time it is played. That is a challenge. But I don't want students to play...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Dec 28th, 2009, 10:10 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 12,669 Re: Bingo Rules Confusion
Hello,
Well, this is how I do it. I figure out how many students I will have, then I make enough different cards to give one to each student, plus have some extra. I don't use the BINGO across the...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 23rd, 2009, 01:24 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 12,842 Re: What games are suitable for adults?
I have had good luck with a spongy ball. There are many ways to use this. You can pick any grammar point or structure (but I avoid present continuous). All students stand. I tell the students...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 23rd, 2009, 01:12 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,907 Re: Competitive games for HUGE classes! HELP!
Hello again,
What level of ESL is your class?
One concern is: if the teams are very large, students spend a lot of time talking in their native language(s) as they wait for turns. I try to minimize...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Dec 22nd, 2009, 10:59 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,907 Re: Competitive games for HUGE classes! HELP!
Hello,
I have taught large classes. What works very well is to find a game that can be played with 3 or 4 teams. The teams take turns. This way, the teams are smaller. I'm concerned that every...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Jan 13th, 2008, 01:09 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 61,556 Re: games for beginners,
Do your students know the alphabet? Can they read at all? Do they know any vocabulary sets like names of fruit? Do you want vocabulary games? Do you want speaking or grammar games? Do you want...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Dec 28th, 2007, 08:16 pm
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Replies: 35
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Dec 28th, 2007, 08:11 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 10,334 Re: Communicative Bingo
I have used a variation that I call People Bingo. Each square has a question. All students walk around with copies of the same bingo board. They try to find a student who can say yes to a...
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