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Yes. There's a very long thread on this topic just above yours, in a "sticky". I have found it and I have learned a lot.

any suggestions?

I am an English teacher in a vocational high school in China. Most of my students have little interest in English learning, some even fail to write the 26 english letters. So I always feel confused about how to deal with these lazy and unmotivated students. You know they are 15 or above. Some even c...

I am an English teacher in a vocational high school in China. Most of my students are like yours, some even worse. So I always feel confused about how to deal with these lazy and unmotivated students. Thay have no interest in English language learning. Some even consider it a waste of time to attend...

I am an English teacher in a high school in China. Nowadays, English is so popular that almost every Chinese starts learning it, from young kids to elderly people. In big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, kindergartens which declear that they can educate kids bilingually are very hard to enroll i...

Sometimes seeing - and hearing - is believing. Videotaping placement tests for ESL classes, especially in university programs, can prevent problems and add objectivity to a difficult task. Adding a camera to the interview process emphasizes the importance of the interview, documents the verbal exch...