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FreakingTea
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 Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:05 pm Post subject: Re: Communication strategies |
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| OP, be careful what you wish for when it comes to textbooks. My classes right now consist of "Advanced English" and "Extensive Reading". While the Dept Head insists that teaching from the books is fine, the topics and vocabulary are so archaic and abstract that I have a hard time seeing it sink in with the class. I'm finding myself cherry-picking chapters that are even remotely relevant to their level. We'll see how it goes this afternoon. |
But I haven't mentioned textbooks...? I can't use my textbooks at all because most of it is "watch this video," "listen to this conversation," and I only have a chalkboard to work with. If I found a good textbook that focused on activating passive knowledge to increase fluency, that would take care of most of my lesson prep. |
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mw182006
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| Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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| I was referring to your post about teaching Business English or something other than oral English. I assume most of those have a (potentially optional) textbook attached, but don't listen to me I'm a newb. |
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Non Sequitur
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| Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 6:14 pm Post subject: Re: Communication strategies |
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| A 30 year old that tells the president of a school or country, "oh my food is yum-yum" is pathetic - all because you think delectable is too complicated? |
Who or what are you even referring to here? Do you have regular conversations with presidents in your head? Maybe you should step away from the keyboard and re-charge the troll batteries for awhile.
OP, be careful what you wish for when it comes to textbooks. My classes right now consist of "Advanced English" and "Extensive Reading". While the Dept Head insists that teaching from the books is fine, the topics and vocabulary are so archaic and abstract that I have a hard time seeing it sink in with the class. I'm finding myself cherry-picking chapters that are even remotely relevant to their level. We'll see how it goes this afternoon. |
If you abandon the book altogether it'll get back to the Admin for sure.
Also avoid making negative remarks about any school supplied resource. |
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FreakingTea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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| The book doesn't suck or anything, it's just not designed for a speaking class. It's an integrated textbook with very few speaking activities, and the ones that are in it rely on having audio and video, which my classrooms are not equipped for. The school told me it's okay not to use it, anyway. In a Business or English major class I'd consider it. |
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Non Sequitur
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| Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:34 am Post subject: |
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| FreakingTea wrote: |
| The book doesn't suck or anything, it's just not designed for a speaking class. It's an integrated textbook with very few speaking activities, and the ones that are in it rely on having audio and video, which my classrooms are not equipped for. The school told me it's okay not to use it, anyway. In a Business or English major class I'd consider it. |
In these situations I've written my own dialogues and printed a class set.
They're pretty dog eared after 18 weeks but you really do need something standardised for each student to attempt in an oral class. |
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