May 10, 2008
Lesson Plans - Guessing unknown words from context
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If you have students who are constantly looking up words in their dictionaries during class, then you can probably appreciate how frustrating unknown words can be for students. The fact of the matter is that English is a living language, which means that new words are constantly being added to our language. What does this mean for speakers of English (both native and non-native)? Simply put, there will always be new words to learn. That being said, ...
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May 08, 2008
Industry Events - Symposium on Second Language Writing 2008
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Are you interested in learning more about how to teach writing to your students? Then this symposium might be for you. Taking place June 5th- 7th at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, the Symposium on Second Language Writing 2008 is a great opportunity for foreign language professionals to discuss issues relating to this theme.
The line up for this event ...
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May 05, 2008
Recommended Resources - How to teach vocabulary
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If you're interested in reading more about how to teach vocabulary, Scott Thornbury's "How to teach vocabulary", which is part of Longman's "How to ..." series, offers practical teaching ideas within a theoretical framework. In addition to theory, ...
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Tips and Tricks - Vocabulary Notebooks
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Do your students have a hard time remembering all the new words that they learn in your class? Are you students constantly confusing certain words for other similar words? What can you do about it? Well ...
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April 26, 2008
Workplace Issues - Gossip
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Few people can say that they've never participated in office gossip before. At the same time, I'd find it hard to believe that many people would say that they enjoy being gossiped about. So what is gossip? Why do we do it? Is there a place for gossip in the workplace? What can we do to stop it?
First, it's important to understand what the difference between gossip ...
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April 19, 2008
Teacher Development - Becoming a learner
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To help develop as a teacher, it's a good idea to step back from the front of the classroom every once in a while and put yourself in your students' shoes to see what it's like to be a student going through the learning process. How do you feel when a teacher calls on you in a language class to talk about a topic? Do you feel comfortable working with everyone in a group? Do you prefer to choose your own partner or to have the teacher choose for you? How do you ...
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April 15, 2008
Living on a Budget - DVDs
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I read an article in the paper this weekend about ways to save money. Tips included things like, don't buy a designer hand bag, rent one! Instead of eating out five nights a week, eat out four times! Instead of going to the salon twice a month for facials, go once a month! While these tips may be helpful to some, ...
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April 07, 2008
Surveys- Class material
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There are plenty of books, magazines, and websites that offer lesson plans for ELT teachers, but do you use them or do you write your own?
This month's survey ...
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April 02, 2008
Recommended Resources - Teaching English lesson plans
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Looking for free ELT resources available online? Perhaps you've already used all of your favorite lesson plans from another website offering free lesson plans online. Then it's time to check out Teaching English, which has teamed up with the British Council to provide free lesson plans online for ...
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March 30, 2008
Q and A -Scrapbook Project
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This month's question is from Walter.
Hi Carol,
I was surfing the internet for ideas for my ESL beginners class. This is the first time I teach a basic course for adults, and their first bimester will end in a few days. I want to put together a project so that they can be creative and apply all the vocabulary they learned over the last two months. At first I was thinking about a scrapbook, ...
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