Didn't feel like going to class yesterday, was feeling very cranky. I was caught up in forecasting the weather, so to speak, that is what the classroom climate...
Excellent posting, Rob. Are you blogging by any chance? Seems like you should be. This fellow is... http://tefltrade.blog-city.com ..but he's been (being) a...
Rob, Your account had me feeling emotionally and mentally drawn on your behalf. We know it isn't feasible, but we want all our learners to be thoroughly...
Yesterday, I was feeling the first signs of a cold coming on, which I knew must have come from W. and I., both of whom had been on the verge of keeling over...
After the break, I ask students to form groups of four with at least one person from another country in the group. There will be one group of three as J. as...
Perhaps I'll regret this post when I've sent it, but I've just returned from a TEFL conference where the palm trees waved, the sand was raked and cleared of...
I am just a novice teacher as yet but I am learning so much from reading these postings. A few of you gave me some words of wisdom a few months ago when I...
I really enjoyed your post. I don't have a lot of answers, but am looking forwad to the posts of those who do. Rosemary [Non-text portions of this message...
This message is forwarded with permission from the Global Issues SIG as it pertains to dogme. Enjoy! Rob Hi, another alternative education model, far more...
Walked into the room yesterday to find four students sitting in the dark. When I tried the light switch the room went completely black and they all screamed....
When everyone had settled, L. read the announcements she'd gathered which I then wrote on the board. E. told us that M. was feeling sad, three people were...
After the break, I dictate a paragraph from a worksheet the students' Natural Resources Technology teacher has sent me about riparian areas (habitats close to...
Dear Mirko (sorry if I've got the name wrong, I'm not up to searching for the post right now), can you tell us how the lesson went or has it not yet happened? ...
Fiona et al (Hi, Al), Perhaps I mentioned that I read an account recently on the Kosovo English list of an English teacher who invited an Indian friend along...
There's a (former) English teacher in Kazakhstan who has a website devoted to veggy cooking, especially the exotic eastern type. And there's lots more,...
WELL THIS MESSAGE IS FOR LUKE MEDDINGS, HE WAS MY DEAREST ENGLISH TEACHER BACK IN 99 (LILLIAN BISHOP SCHOOL) AND SINCE I CAME BACK TO MEXICO I BEEN TRYING TO...
I know I'm coming in on this a few days late but I've only just got back from a teaching trip to Bosnia (-37 one night!) ... Ah! But how would you make the...
A challenge from the thawed-out Dr. Evil ... Dr. E. writes: " I know I'm coming in on this a few days late but I've only just got back from a teaching trip to...
Surely it depends on the expertise/knowledge of the cook, and the audience.. ... To my general English students, it would be different than if I were teaching...
( I'm just trying to make a basic point - by which I mean one of my personal tenets - and I confess I believe in proselytization). "To the latter, I'd say...
I've arranged a series of one-to-one meetings ('tutorials' to some of you) with students outside of class either before or just after each lesson over the next...
I started a little site to promote using comics in English class. Check it out if you are interestd in seeing how yo ucould use comics in a TEFL class. We...
Rob, I used to use one-to-one interviews, for a different purpose, in my former life. What I found ASTONISHING was how differently I perceived students that...
Dennis wrote: "I used to use one-to-one interviews, for a different purpose, in my former life. What I found ASTONISHING was how differently I perceived ...
Hi everyone, I hope you all have been well, since I last posted. Just a quick post on the power of "giving students a real reason to write something" and the...
Hi I'm in the process of doing my DELTA and am interested in learning more about Dogme for an assignment and my teaching. Can anyone give me any tips?...
I once had an unpleasant "surprise" of students as a body not having done some project - and that in spite of the topic format and deadline previously jointly...
Tina (?) wrote: "Hi I'm in the process of doing my DELTA and am interested in learning more about Dogme for an assignment and my teaching. Can anyone give me...
Another thing worth doing, Tina, would be to have a look in the Files section of the group. There is a DELTA assignment there that you might find useful to...
