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MikeySaid · Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 509 Location: Torreon, Mexico

class starts tomorrow and i know my policies and such but i'm stuck trying to write a syllabus without course books because the guy in the uni's warehouse seems to have misplaced them.

just wanted to vent a little.

Dragonlady · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:42 am Post subject:

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TheLongWayHome · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1016 Location: San Luis Piojosi

The books have also been misplaced here too! Class starts for me too tomorrow. I know the syllabus but it's crap and I know it doesn't work. I thinking of going with a little look at how to learn a language, it having just occured to me that this is never even touched upon at any stage of any uni course I teach. I can't face icebreakers.

MikeySaid · Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 509 Location: Torreon, Mexico

Since the university picks the books and sends out exams based on the books, they're sort of important. Particularly because the book is a tourism based book, I don't know exactly where it takes them during the course.

I have my own goals for the students in the course above and beyond the lessons specified by the book and I focused on those areas in my objectives. However, since I get these particular students for two hours a day five days a week, tomorrow will be based on expectations, course outline, introductions (horrid, I know), and... well, who knows what else, i'm still trying to come up with what we'll do.

I'll put it together.

Dragonlady · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:32 am Post subject:

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thelmadatter · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:40 pm Post subject: icebreakers

And I thought I was the only one that hates icebreakers!

El Gallo · Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 318

Mikey,

What publisher is it? Maybe you can find the syllabus for the book on the publisher's web site.

Good luck!

Jetgirly · Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 741

UNIVA made me write two "Plan Dalton"s (is that a common Mexican expression?), which were day-by-day plans for the entire year. This was, of course, before I'd even met a single student and after admin told me they had no idea what the students' English level was. When I handed the plans in to them they told me they'd given me all the wrong books and I would need to re-do the plans. I smiled, said I'd be sure to hand them in by the end of the week, and never thought about them again. Rolling Eyes

TheLongWayHome · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1016 Location: San Luis Piojosi

Dragonlady · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:44 am Post subject:

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MikeySaid · Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 509 Location: Torreon, Mexico

yes i have my books now. i don't have the teacher's resource book which would be helpful, but things are moving smoothly thus far.

The book we're using is "English for International Tourism" from Longman press.