Hi All, Roger has put a wiki online for teachers of English as a second or foreign language: http://wikigogy.org A wiki is a website where you can not just...
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Sep 1, 2007 9:38 am
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... Unless you're teaching Linguistics maybe James. Remember, context is important, I thought we'd all agreed on that already hehehe. ... Or maybe James he...
Dear Mike: World Englishes Edited by: Margie Berns and Daniel R. Davis ... World Englishes is an international journal committed to theoretical research on...
The term English*es* is used within linguistics and other academic fields on a regular basis to refer to varieties of English - I guess you could relate it...
... I think I've used it more than Mert. English is a mass noun but just like "cheeses" or "waters" when we want to differentiate between varieties of cheese...
Karen, I had a problem finding suitable material - especially current everyday English dialogue for group work - that I set about writing my own resource book....
After such extended discussion of International English and related threads, it is time to bring this thread to an end. Thanks to everyone who has invested...
... 3rd year English major students. Despite some desperate efforts to turn them down, because I've never taught this before, I felt sorry for my department...
... My classes are pretty well motivated, though like Karen's they are small, around 20, so I may not have much to offer. I guess for larger classes, timing is...
I am forwarding these suggestions (with permission of the writer) about maintaining English use in small groups. Although they were sent to me off list, I...
When I taught in China another teacher there also told me to make one student in the group the monitor to ensure only English was spoken. For some of the work...
When you have 50 Chinese university students in one oral English class, it is very tempting to use pair or small group work. It solves a lot of problems for...
A "forward" below: Leslie Sirag ... Welcome Back: A Few Changes and a Story. By Steven W. Simpson, Ph.D. Welcome back to school. It feels good doesn't it? I am...
... English are highly unmotivated. They are back to speaking their L1 as soon as they perceive the teacher is out of earshot. While pair or small group may...
Has anyone ever seen a good list of the English language training centers that are popular in China? I am looking for something that would specify the group, ...
Dick: This year I prevailed and was assigned a single classroom remodelled my way. I removed all desks in excess of 40 and required larger classes to be...
... This year I prevailed and was assigned a single classroom remodelled my way. My speacial room will have a double row in U shape with the rear row on a...
... remodelled my way. I removed all desks in excess of 40 and required larger classes to be split. ... Right on. But as we've agreed, it still isn't easy and...
Dick: Please remember where we are - CHINA! Land of tattle tales, block wardens etc. I should not want to contribute to adding to the big brother is watching...
Dick Tibbetts was unable to come up a concrete suggestion for those unable to have their classrooms remodeled (away from the antiquated arrangement with the...
And then there is the agressive approach - Read your contract, particularly the part about adequate teaching facilities (every SAFEA contract has this clause)...
Change does not come easy and change in China does not come.... I taught 6 semesters, not consecutively, at one school. I built credibility. First the school...
... Hey Mert, reread what I said in messages 12406 and 12411. I said that with classes of 40 - 50 you have to move around the classroom, on the run, with...
... Martin I think you have been reading too many cheap novels. It is not anything like that in China and I have been here seven years and teaching in many...
At the beginning of each term, as soon as I get my teaching schedule I see administration & get my classrooms changed to big ones. I have approx 33 students,...
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Sep 13, 2007 5:30 pm
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Dear Colleagues: We are now in the second year of the Holistic English program at Xinyang Agricultural college. With the exception of the White board not being...
"My English is so poor. How Can I make it better?" READ MORE - LISTEN MORE - WRITE MORE - SPEAK MORE THAT IS THE RED AND YELLOW BANNER ON THE WALL ABOVE THE...
There's been some discussion on registers over the years and for low level learners I go along with Mert. Keep it simple and give them a rule. However, for...
... There's a wealth of English language materials on the net. For ï¿¥5,000, you could print an awful lot of it out. news reports http://us.cnn.com/ and...
In my travels I found that the best (and widest)selection of English books (mostly used paperbacks) at the cheapest prices was to be found in Ho Chi Minh City,...
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