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by christine69a
Fri Jan 23, 2004 8:04 pm
Forum: Video in the Classroom
Topic: Video dubbing / shadow reading
Replies: 0
Views: 4924

Video dubbing / shadow reading

I read somewhere that video dubbing (shadow reading) is supposed to be a fun way to encourage the students to practice their English pronunciation. It certainly sounds like a great idea . My problem is that I do not know any movie that might work out for my (not very good) class of 9 teenage boys an...
by christine69a
Fri Jan 09, 2004 6:36 pm
Forum: Secondary School Education
Topic: Teaching unmotivated students
Replies: 61
Views: 957786

Do you have a kitchen at your school? My 12-16 year old (none too bright) students are always hungry and the best lessons we had together were the ones involving food. We baked chocolate chip cookies together and made hamburgers. The students got instructions in very simple English, explaining each ...