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I'm playing a Snap game with my students about forming words using prefixes/opposites as part of my lesson on adjectives of personality and their opposites. ( ex. unhappy - happy, organized - disorganized, helpful - unhelpful) My challenge is reporting feedback on language rather than task (ie. coun...

I will be teaching a lesson regarding dramas and soap operas. How can I describe the differences between the two? What popular soap operas are there in Japan?

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I was asked to teach a 3 year old and I have no clue what to do. My guess is sing and dance and read stories. Any other ideas would help.

Hello everyone, Does anyone know of any songs with adjectives for people? I already thought of one song by Alanis Morissette (not sure of the spelling) "Hand in my Pocket," but there are some words that i rather not expose to my student (ie. Chicken sh**). Any songs, mostly popular songs would help....

I'm doing an assignment for school and am having trouble with anticipated problems with Would you mind answering the phone? I am also looking for solutions for anticipated problems, too. Thanks.

BTW, Thanks for everyone who responded to my other posts. It was very helpful.

I'm in the middle of doing an assignment for class and wanted to know the part of speech for "Something smells fishy?" Is an idiomatic expression a part of speech?

I'm in the middle of planning lessons about words and phrase explanation. I would like some ideas about explaining: a ransom smell something fishy clever I'm going to the cinema with Jane at the weekend. Would you mind answering the phone? I wish I had done my homework. Any ideas would definitely he...

Hello everyone, I am looking for ideas about a dream house lesson for high school girls. This is a scholar group that meets at the end of the day. This group is usually tired and not much for pair work or getting up from their seats. I'm mostly looking for activity ideas for a dream house lesson. An...

I was asked by a friend to help improve her son's ( around 7 years old) English through skype video camera lessons. Her son's English is okay for his age. She just wants him to continue speaking English. The lesson would be for around 20-30 mins. So far, I thought of Simon Says, teaching body parts....

Hey Brian, Thanks a heap! I will look at that one closely. I will just pick a few of them and go from there. Another idea I was thinking was to make this into a contest. Make big cards with the Australian English and a sentance with the word, so that the students have to guess the the meaning is. Th...

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I am looking for activities and games to teach Australian slang to Japanese high school students, who are doing a homestay in May. Any ideas? Their English level is OK, at best.

Thank you guys for your ideas. Actually, I taught this lesson as New Year's goals (ex. I want to study hard , I will sleep late , etc.) I figured that since it was also the first day of classes, I would make the class light for them. I did try pantomine in one lesson, but it back fired. This group w...

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I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. I am looking for ideas to make adverb learning fun for junior high students. Any ideas on this will help.

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Manny

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It is I, Manuel again. I was given a list of some activities for English Camp. Most of which are alright. I just need help on some ideas for teaching cooking and expressions. Anything would help.

Hey Everyone! Thanks for the English Camp ideas. This will be my 1st English Camp that I will be helping out. Fortunately, there will be other English Native teachers, along with a couple of teachers from Berlitz, too. I am looking forward to this camp and the adventurous experience. Teaching here c...