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Oh Sally i am a teacher and a philologist too. I forgot to mention that. All these ideas are not mine. They come from my universities studies and everyday classroom research. That is why sometimes i may sound dogmatic. It may be wrong but it happens esp. when i am in the middle of a research. I apol...

Strong language? Sorry strong views yes but not language. If i sounded like that, I am sorry to both of u. I accept criticism on my ideas or educative views but not on a correct and acceptable way of communication. Thank u for the link. I oppose traditional thinking and teaching and i am a Chomsky a...

So if u can't understand that this is the way we write on the internet, u can't understand neither ur students nor experiential learning. I am sorry. I use communicative teaching and i follow the experiential module in my classes and a good teacher should first follow what he/she teaches. U r of the...

In Greece children want to fly and have superpowers. Parents want their children to go to the university and study and become rich and famous. No child here wants to be a baker or a shoe seller or anything that is not glamorous and requires a BA or a BSc. That is why a teacher should live and become...

Sorry MT interference.
Don't miss the forest for the tree.

Again sorry.

This is the code of communicating in chat rooms, forums etc. In our job it is crucial to keep updated and use the new means of communication. So a well educated teacher and person knows how to communicate through the internet. It would be helpful to learn some internet abbreviations cause ur student...

Practical or not, a teacher should accept every answer as long as it is well presented and supported.

I have corrected, correcting and will correct a lot of creative writing and I never see a piece of work from my point of view but from my student's shoes.

Well have u tried to convince her that English is fun, interesting and useful in her everyday life? Make ur lesson a game for her and the first thing u assign to her is to make a project on where she can find English in her everyday life (e.g. signs, internet, games etc). Use simulation techniques, ...

All authentic materials are very useful in the classroom. Even just putting a 3 minute video at the end of the lesson to relax and just listen to authentic pronounciation and intonation will be very helpful. i use a lot of cartoons or commercials or whole movies. i design different activities and i ...

Ha ha ha!

They ring a bell.

Well with my sixth grade we are doing the classical newspaper project. With my fifth we are writing satirical skethces to perform in front of the village. But my 3rd and 4th grade are starting now to learn English. Maybe a photograph exhibition combined with traditional food and drinks (there are a ...

Well hello again.

This year i work at an elementary school in Lindos, Rhodes, Greece.

Lindos is the most touristic village of Rhodes.

Do u have any ideas on project work? I don't know what to do with my young ones, begginers and early elementary.

Please help!

Teaching, I am afraid, is not only explaining grammar. During my university studies, I've been taught a lot on methodology, pedagogy and psychology that have helped me a lot during my career. And I don't stop going to seminars to get posted on new paths concerning teaching. And of course this kind o...

Projects or role playing or even simulations can help your students understand the difference.

Have you heard of the 'project method'?

Your class can organise projects on cutural issues and on the differences between certain cultures.

A European/East vs West etc bazaar would be a nice idea or a theatrical play on how cultural differences can create communicational chaos.