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The criteria I think are most important in games are 1) simplicity and 2) ability to encourage the whole class to get involved. That's way I like this activity, introduced to me be a fellow teacher from the states. You have an interviewer, a translator and a person who chooses a particular line of w...

Hi Lorikeet, FWIW s or sh is not a problem here. I live in Sh anghai. I've noticed it's not a problem in Guangzhou either. I used to have a lot of trouble in Shandong with this word. So, I expected in Guangzhou same thing. But, no. I was a bit disappointed, because I had to rediscover what words th...

No, I don't teach them grammar. At the start of each term, I tell them what I will and won't talk about. One thing I don't talk about is grammar, unless they have a question, or there happens to be some particular point we can discuss. Why did you raise the point about the medium of instruction bein...

In fact, I don't want to write out every thought I have about teaching. That would take too long and miss the point. Yes, I mix it up a bit. If you read my earlier post, you see I referred to that lesson plan as being 'flexible'. The point I want to make is about what I've learned from experience. E...

I agree with you that it'd be nice if students learned something before coming to class. English corners, I must admit, I really don't like. Since the students generally don't have anything they want to talk about, they just want to say English words, the conversations are usually void of any conten...

This post sounds exactly like what I've thought about teaching oral English classes. As far as I'm concerned, making chit-chat is not only boring, it's also something I'm terrible at. This is how I cope. Basically, I was taking a Chinese class which was basically a mirror image of the class I was te...

cheers. hope I can locate that book.

auf wiedersehen from the dairy state.

As a native of Wisconsin, USA, I find that the English I speak is Grade A, bland English, and can't be identified as anything but American English. On the other hand, the English spoke in Britain (and most languages spoke in most places in the world) it seems are full of unique pronunciations, vocab...