Hi All, Thank You for being here! list rules ... 1. *Friendliness first* - this is a public list, avoid attacking anyone - emails sting so easily. be kindly...
TEFLChina@yahoogroups...
May 1, 2005 8:04 am
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Webheads is a group of teachers and students from around the world who get together every Sunday beginning around 7:00pm China time for a 2-hour chat session....
Hi,all, Dave is right. Vance is the American teacher now working in the Middle East,who has been very active in online teaching.He leads Webheads from more...
This (Virtual English Corner) is of interest to me, because I've been "teaching" (voice-chatting, using a mike and speakers) for a few weeks now with people...
peterneu
peterneu@...
May 5, 2005 11:42 am
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Hi! Thought this may be of interest to some. Stephanie Dear Colleagues, Please find below media release sent out by the Australian Embassy today on...
Stephanie Noke
araxy@...
May 6, 2005 8:00 am
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A word of warning to those how want to show films to students in classes. Check the film first or you may loose your job. I say this from experience as I...
There are many problems associated with showing films in the classroom, not just content. Most Chinese educational administrators are unfamiliar with modern...
Again Martin had some good advice for us. I particularly agree with his comments on how students and school superiors may view the use of films. So it is good...
Since Saturday the Sydney Morning Herald www.smh.com.au has been running special features on international students in Australia looking at the language...
Stephen Jobson
stejob@...
May 9, 2005 11:00 am
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There are some other users of this list who, like me, teach in state sector colleges, and who teach the Oral English courses to English majors. For English...
Jennifer Wallace
isleworth.jennifer@...
May 9, 2005 11:03 am
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When teaching with film I specicifally try not to let vocab anxiety get in the way of exposure to what is a really good representation of a natural L2 speech...
The arguments I used were getting familiar with foreign customs particularly in business but also learning to enjoy English language films as after leaving the...
However, no doubt the college will insist on specific Oral English course materials, so can anyone recommend anything that is actually available here and good?...
Carole Dailey
carken_us@...
May 9, 2005 2:17 pm
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I was presented with the same books-Say It Right and Take Sides. Both are unacceptable, in my opinion, for the reasons stated and because the exercises are...
djmcdaniel@...
May 9, 2005 10:37 pm
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Thank you Martin & Dave for the insights and interesting ways to teach video. Do you all know this site: http://www.english-trailers.com/ It's a pretty good...
How is it best to show how to pronounce USA English? Basically, the world suffers from lack of a good phonetic spelling standard that is keyboard friendly....
Jennifer, here's something I wrote March 29 in response to another ... I am using a pretty good Oral English textbook now for my university English majors. I...
Ladies and Gentlement, estemed colleagues, (and all you other funny mugs out there) I was just viewing the ABC Asia Pacific Web site and stumbled across an...
foreigner@...
May 10, 2005 10:33 am
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I'm sorry I promised before I would have a simplified phonemic chart of Standard American English (tweakable for British, Ozic, etc). I'm not sorry I...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
May 10, 2005 9:52 pm
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Thanks, Nancy, for the first positive response to this query of mine! So there is hope, after all! I shall look out for the YOU CAN series when I'm next in...
Jennifer Wallace
isleworth.jennifer@...
May 11, 2005 9:29 pm
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Hi. I'm looking to make a creative and fun event to get my university freshmen and sophomore Oral English students talking and solving clues in English. I'm...
this sounds like a great idea. I remember back in the mists of time doing something like that in a class, but cannot remember how I did it. - It does sound...
Not exactly the same, but may be relevant - I tried a sort of "treasure hunt" when teaching directions, where one of a pair was meant to hide a chopstick in ...
I set up scavenger hunts, but don't use the riddle idea because many of my students lack the type of cultural knowledge that is often inherent in riddles (and...
... Dave Raymond ... If you want everyone in the group to work and no one to tag along, try a "four picture talk". The class in four groups (one in each corner...
Ria Smit
tryria@...
May 13, 2005 1:33 pm
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Ria - I've read this a couple of times and I don't understand how it works. "Tell them you can't remember the complete story, would they please find it." I...
Vicki Steven made the comment in her posting that she finds her "students don't accept any kind of fake "information gap" exercise as real - they simply share...
Jennifer Wallace
isleworth.jennifer@...
May 15, 2005 4:36 am
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... OK, John, I did not want to write a book. Divide the class into four equal groups and tell each group to make a circle in one of the corners of the...
Ria Smit
tryria@...
May 16, 2005 6:03 am
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I think information gap activities are not very motivating unless the students want to know the missing information. There are ways round this - finding...
Tests don't have to be dreaded by students. Some tests are just plain fun and great for pair work. There are hundreds of fun tests at queendom.com. They also...
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