GENERAL RULES for the TEFLChina Lists ... 1. Be friendly and courteous towards all others. If anyone's post feels unfriendly email me privately at...
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dk
davkees
Jan 2, 2013 7:57 am
Some of those old classics are about as much fun as eating stale old crackers five miles from a glass of water. You may like it. I may like it. But most of our...
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soral140
Jan 3, 2013 7:38 pm
Wonderful recommendations, Susan. Thank you! I will ask if there arer any Xinhua bookstores in Hefei, which is where I will be. Loved your ER project idea at...
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clj833
Jan 3, 2013 7:39 pm
For students who can read English, but who struggle to understand native speakers, the “Learn English by Radio” series of iPhone apps is very helpful and...
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tony_lee_02
Jan 3, 2013 7:49 pm
From: "clj833" Date: Fri Jan 4, 2013 3:10 am Subject: Great Listening Comprehension Apps are Now Free clj833 For students who can read English, but who...
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Lewis Sandler
chinalewis@...
Jan 4, 2013 5:51 am
It might not be "great" but I publish an audio podcast (Origin of American Idioms and Slang) going on now for about 2 and 1/2 years. The focus is on the origin...
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dk
davkees
Jan 8, 2013 12:44 pm
For the purpose of memorization, there has been some developments in "spaced repetition". Here is a new app that seems the ultimate in that regard. What do you...
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karen
karenstanleyma
Jan 8, 2013 12:44 pm
... Like many institutions, [our college] is admitting larger numbers of international students, particularly students from China. While these students satisfy...
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Margaret Orleans
tommysibo
Jan 8, 2013 2:06 pm
Dave, Here's a link to a relatively inexpensive software program that incorporates spaced repetition for learning English vocabulary. All the first- and...
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nate jarvis
natejarv@...
Jan 8, 2013 10:38 pm
In my experience, students intending to study abroad put all their efforts into qualifying ("meeting the criteria") to do so, and almost no effort into being...
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Kenneth Wilson
kennmeade@...
Jan 9, 2013 12:10 am
On 1/8/2013 2:18 PM, nate jarvis wrote Re: (teach) Chinese students who study in the US having trouble adjusting.. What follows is from an older (1989) study,...
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Jada Rufo
jadarufo
Jan 9, 2013 12:29 pm
Here's some of my observations. I use to work at Wujin Senior Middle School in Changzhou at the GAC Center. All of the courses were taught in English because...
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Julian Suddaby
julian.suddaby
Jan 12, 2013 4:27 pm
I was particularly interested in the way the original question was asked: (from Karen's email) ... I think that the first step here would be to look to see if...
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Michael Butler
redsable50
Jan 12, 2013 4:29 pm
@ Jada, In reaction to what you wrote I find myself in a certain degree of sympathy with your Chinese students. Culture can definitely be studied from books...
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dk
davkees
Jan 12, 2013 4:31 pm
Many of us are about to start the Chinese New Year winter holiday. Got any plans? How about a course? Coursera.org is the world's hottest website in hosting...
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Jada Rufo
jadarufo
Jan 12, 2013 11:13 pm
Well, yes, I had just started teaching using the GAC curriculum. But perhaps I was not clear enough in my original e-mail. My Kiwi boss wanted me to teach...
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Ria Smit
tryria@...
Jan 14, 2013 4:21 pm
Jada wrote: And that is why Chinese students have difficulty adjusting to life in the USA. They think they can behave the same way they do back home. Not so ...
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dk
davkees
Jan 14, 2013 4:34 pm
I made four suggestions in how to go about teaching academic English but this could apply to other ESPs as well. The first suggestion was: "Find out what...
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dk
davkees
Jan 14, 2013 4:36 pm
Here is another course that should be interesting to teachers offered at Coursera.org for free: "Fundamentals of Online Education: Planning and Application" ...
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Jim Mahler
jimmahler1
Jan 15, 2013 4:15 pm
<. . . doing things the way they are done in the country they are studying in . . > It's amazing how similar Chinese and American students are in this regard. ...
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nate jarvis
natejarv@...
Jan 17, 2013 12:31 am
<. . . doing things the way they are done in the country they are studying in . . > It's amazing how similar Chinese and American students are in this regard. ...
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dk
davkees
Jan 17, 2013 4:13 pm
I made four suggestions in how to go about teaching academic English but this could apply to other ESPs as well. The second suggestion was: "Find out what your...
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karen
karenstanleyma
Jan 20, 2013 3:53 pm
A fellow teacher reports that her (academically-oriented) students generally get very involved (and enjoy) the types of activities that the Guardian provides...
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Graham Paterson
guggzie86
Jan 21, 2013 4:43 pm
Another excellent source is the Macmillan's webpage http://www.onestopenglish.com I have used this extensively for University activities in China and it has...
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Russ
russssch
Jan 21, 2013 4:44 pm
... Yes indeed it is. My only proviso for this website is that it is more directed at teachers than students but as an additional resource of course everyone...
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dk
davkees
Jan 25, 2013 4:25 pm
Karen wrote: "A fellow teacher reports that her (academically-oriented) students generally get very involved (and enjoy) the types of activities that the ...
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Nik Peachey
nik.peachey...
Jan 25, 2013 10:20 pm
I wrote these tips for the Guardian on how to exploit one of their articles: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/jan/22/pet-dog-teaching-ideas Might be of...
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Dave
nevin@...
Jan 29, 2013 10:09 pm
Michael's reply to Jada ... the true core of your problem. ... Write a curriculum, using the uni's preferred book. Then do what you want in class. Write your...
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dk
davkees
Jan 29, 2013 10:11 pm
With great anticipation I started in on this Coursera course. But with each video I watched the thing I felt I was learning was How To NOT Do An Online Course....
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bonniebelle75
Jan 29, 2013 10:11 pm
Dear all, I was encouraged to join this yahoo group and post my research need here by Karen. I have an urgent deadline of submitting my thesis my March 1 and...
