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Feb 1, 2009 11:19 am
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Invite the English speaking person from your local bank to visit your class. Learn a little Economics yourself. There is a great deal of difference between...
Hi Everyone! I uploaded seven new Learn English videos to the Internet. The topics of the new videos are: Animals, Clothing and Accessories, Fruit and...
Have students tell what resourses they have on a monthly basis and how that is spent over the month. Describe a budget and provide examples. Have students...
[ Was: (Job) How to evaluate a TEFL Certification Courses? ] ... night before teaching based on their >text book You should have seen the Primary teachers I...
I think that the difference here is based on the definition of lesson plan. The Chinese English teachers write detailed scripts for every minute of the class....
Just to let you all know about some free interactive reading materials I've posted here: http://www.eslreading.org. The Strange News/Did that really happen? ...
... They are both time consuming, but sometimes necessary to take students from point A to point B. Unless teacher has a wide knowledge of the subject...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Feb 9, 2009 5:38 pm
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... There's material for almost any university-level topic including engineering at Open Courseware Consortium http://www.ocwconsortium.org/ Much of it might...
sandyinchina
sandyinchina@...
Feb 11, 2009 12:43 pm
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Thanks Sandy Mr. Jan Merkurieff ... From: sandyinchina <sandyinchina@...> Subject: Re: (teach) Civil Engineering Resources? To:...
Jan Merkurieff
onalmb@...
Feb 11, 2009 11:32 pm
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Also the classic "Stress Analysis of a strapless evening gown" http://gendertree.com/a_stress_analysis_of_a_strapless.htm -- Sandy Harris, Quanzhou, Fujian,...
sandyinchina
sandyinchina@...
Feb 12, 2009 1:15 am
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Dear all, EAQUALS is the European Association for Quality Language Services, with a head office in Switzerland. This is the body which sets the language...
Dear All, The IATEFL annual conference, being held this year in Cardiff UK, offers teachers a unique opportunity to share their teaching experiences, learn...
Nik Peachey
nik.peachey@...
Feb 13, 2009 1:33 pm
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Yes, I am still in China, in case you have been wondering(!). I have a contract with Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, and am working on a project they have with...
Margaret Curtis
margaret.curtis@...
Feb 18, 2009 1:40 am
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... It's one of the tenets of the China-born system called Crazy English. ... If they do a lot of choral recitation, it might be good to get them to try a...
drama techniques - those helped me a lot when I was in China and I still use them. Jazz chants or a variation thereof, and some breathing exercises, though...
... There is a strong pedagogical affective factor that is involved in shouting in unison - it's fun. If it's not fun for the teacher then it shouldn't be...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Feb 18, 2009 1:38 pm
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Any references to support this Nelson? thanks Russ Taylor ... There is a strong pedagogical affective factor that is involved in shouting in unison - it's...
Sorry, but do any of the teachers on here tell the school or parents to be a little patient, then actually speak to kids like they are human beings? We come...
... When students are happy they are more likely to follow teacher's instructions, including exhortations to learn. Miserable students, especially young...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Feb 19, 2009 1:23 am
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... Maybe it's standard Chinese in all classes? And perhaps if they all shout, they WILL shout, whereas if they speak normally, half will be too shy/scared of...
Dave
nevin@...
Feb 19, 2009 2:43 pm
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... That sounds intriguing. Many students won't volunteer answers when there is a classwide question asked. It may be because there is always one student who...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Feb 19, 2009 2:44 pm
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everybody yells, nobody sleeps. i doubt that's where it comes from though. hasn't loud choral recitation been part of yuwen classes for a long time? nate....
Linell Davis used to be a regular poster on this list. She taught at Nanjing University & published a book "Doing Culture". When I met Linell approx 5.5 years...
alan
sningbo@...
Feb 21, 2009 6:16 am
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... I've just remembered I was told the other week, that when a classwide question is asked, it's No 1 Student's job to answer. Consequently they all keep...
Dave
nevin@...
Feb 22, 2009 10:08 am
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... Definitely a point to work into the lesson plan. Thank you. Nelson Bank [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Feb 22, 2009 8:30 pm
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I received a reply from Linell Davis, "Yes, I am still in China, still in Nanjing". Alan Simpson...
alan
sningbo@...
Feb 23, 2009 12:52 am
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I read Linell Davis's book: Doing Culture: Cross-cultural Communication in Action (Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press) while I was teaching...
[was (job) return to job & Good bye for a while. ] ... I finally found out how to get some linguistic information across to unmotivated (junior high)...
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