Hi All, ... Thank You for being helpful, *friendly* and thank you for being here! list rules ... 1. *Friendliness first* - this is a public list, avoid...
TEFLChina@yahoogroups...
Oct 1, 2004 8:20 pm
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We're talking about using materials from the newspaper. In my last message I talked about some of the simple stories from the NY Times such as the column ...
This is a message I wrote to the TESL-L list, an international list of 26,000 teachers around the world. There was a discussion about how to teach vocabulary...
Here's an simple idea I just found discarded in the teacher's office at my school: Half a sheet of paper filled with 10-15 dots. A large dot or star at each...
Further to Ryan's request for good lessons for teaching directions: Another good idea for teaching directions is to set up the rows of the classroom with...
When I teach giving directions, I first provide a vocabulary list (this is designed for a class of what, in the US, are considered "high beginners" in an...
... Yes, Ryan. Our "direction" lesson was extremely successful for low to medium level university students. You can make it as hard or easy as you wish. My one...
I like to teach directions and geometric shape names at the same time, though you could use anything you are working on - for instance common household...
marcia sanders
marcialsanders@...
Oct 9, 2004 10:35 pm
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Pair up students and have one be blind and the other provides directions while moving about inside the classroom to start and then outside. john In response...
Here is my version of directions: Teach simple direction phrases. Students A and B create a complex but interesting map using clipart and ms word. print and...
There seem to be two ideas, two directions, to this directions thread. One is really more concerned with prepositions of place together with adverbs of...
... We have just received a number of excellent lessons to teach directions. I for one will be using some of these ideas. There is one thing that has to be...
Ria Smit
tryria@...
Oct 11, 2004 7:05 am
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I'm hoping y'all can help me with a gameplan for discussing the American education system and "how Americans think" with my Chinese students, as they've...
Michele Cona
michelecona@...
Oct 11, 2004 7:05 am
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Excellent site, Dave. Everyone should check it out. Thanks. Stephanie ... From: "dave kees" <davkees@...>...
Stephanie Noke
araxy@...
Oct 11, 2004 7:07 am
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Interesting article (below) about the shift from blackboards to whiteboards and other alternatives. It points out some of the hazards of blackboards but also...
I have one on my site (which I am sorry but I still haven't added anything to it). The computers in my classrooms are working only intermittently, and some...
Stephen McNeill
steve@...
Oct 12, 2004 7:24 am
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This is interesting. A guy called Deming is commonly regarded as the father of brainstorming. It's alleged that he took the concept to Japan after the war and...
Don said: "Also, in Chinese, the word brainstorming is translated as cerebral concussion. No wonder my students refuse to learn!" ... Of course, "brain storm"...
Hi Michele, Not sure if this is what you're after, but it should get them thinking and talking. As with most of my "ideas", it's not original (from a book...
The discussion prompted me to go back and check my research notes on the problems I had introducing brainstorming. These days, it operates quite smoothly. You...
Greetings Listmembers & Specifically those in Chengdu: Hi. I'm a Yank, currently teaching my first year of "oral" English at one of the many universities in...
... I want to have my Freshman English majors recognize their own culture and "thinking" in the process so the info I offer makes more of an impact. I've got...
"Michele Cona" wanted suggestions for communicative activities that would help students investigate their own values. Have you thought about "advice" columns...
I have compiled and slightly edited (with credit given to the listmembers who posted, of course) many of the recent posts on "teaching toddlers" and...
... In Japan, Deming is usually associated with quality control and employee involvement in decision-making rather than brainstorming per se. See the...
Thanks Margaret, Yes, you're absolutely right, of course. I'm getting my HR and Writing course handouts mixed up here. "It is easier to tone down a wild idea...
I think cultural differences can best be taught (if at all) by using a "culture gap", much like an information gap is used. Everyone will be more interested...
Carole Dailey
carken_us@...
Oct 14, 2004 6:18 am
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Dear all who post regularly, ... This will effect YOU; please send me your input, to roger@... Currently I think it is illegal for me to publish a...
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