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DirtGuy · Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Posts: 529

Whadday Say is the only program I've ever seen for teaching relaxed or "street" English. If your students are at the level where they could watch an American movie and understand 50% of it without subtitles, then they will benefit. Very easy to use program.

Jazz and Grammar Chants are by Carolyn Graham. Do a search and you can hear examples. This is easier than me trying to explain it. Chinese love karaoke and you can take advantage of that with these books. One thing I like about them is you divide the class into groups with each group taking a different part. No-one has to stand out by themselves. Each of the lower-level chants works on a separate part of the language and then these get combined as you progress. Even the really basic chants have value for higher level students as they get to hear American intonation as well as voices other than your own. Amazon has them all for sale.

I'm hoping there is a textbook the school wants me to use and then I will bring these in as supplements. At this point, I'd prefer to be a good little trained monkey and use their materials as a basis vs. having to come up with everything on my own.

DG

IvanaShaanxi · Joined: 18 Jun 2012 Posts: 100

Thanks for all the help guys, but it seems that I'll have to turn down the offer. This is the said uni:

http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=88719

And I was wondering why the recruiter has been asking me to take this job since the beginning of June and why he didn't want to give me e-mail addresses of previous teachers