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Sorry to resurrect this thread--but I'm really interested in how these software based pronunciation programs work. does anybody here have a technical understanding of what's going on? Does anybody just have hands on experience with them? Are they effective? Probably more cost effective than having a...

Where I work we receive written feedback along with every paycheck. It's easy to do it at pay-time because everybody is in the office on that day picking up their salary anyways. It's also a good time to talk about performance objectives or give a short motivational talk before the next month starts.

I realize this reply is a little late to be of any use to the original poster, but my advice would be that you should be very careful if you choose to work with a school that would choose someone with no experience to be the director of a new school. If you're going to go through all the trouble and...

Hi, I've been teaching at a Callan method school and so I'm very familiar with the callan method and how to assess students for those types of classes. I'm working with a new school now that uses the New Headway series and despite trying to speed-read the first three books I don't feel like I have a...

I'm looking for recommendations on an ESL curriculum. Rather than just one textbook, I'm looking for perhaps a series of textbooks that takes a student from absolute beginner to advanced. (or at least intermediate). The one good example I've seen of this are the Callan books--they take you through e...