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		| br_owen 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:40 pm    Post subject: Parents Class. Help please. |   |  
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				| I teach a class for the mothers at my school, and i'm always struggling for ideas. I seem to have played Family Fortunes (Feud) and Monopoly a hundred times, as well as printing out news stories for the 5 W's, and it's all wearing a bit thin! There are only 5 of them, and they're not super interested in anything too academic. I just want some fun ideas that will get everyone talking, as well as having them them feel like they're learning a little.
 
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		| Fishead soup 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:23 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Baam EFL 2.0 contact dduebels on this site.
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		| hochhasd 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:56 am    Post subject: Re: Parents Class. Help please. |   |  
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	  | br_owen wrote: |  
	  | I teach a class for the mothers at my school, and i'm always struggling for ideas. I seem to have played Family Fortunes (Feud) and Monopoly a hundred times, as well as printing out news stories for the 5 W's, and it's all wearing a bit thin! There are only 5 of them, and they're not super interested in anything too academic. I just want some fun ideas that will get everyone talking, as well as having them them feel like they're learning a little.
 
 Any help is appreciated...
 |  You have only five? You are lucky. Have 26 and they want my Korean teacher to make lesson plans. I tried to explain to my Korean teacher the mothers may not want to learn what we have to teach them and to be prepared.
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		| Chambertin 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:29 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I only laugh at this fact: Since when did the kids want to learn? 
 It is a beast, try to keep them involved by teaching them words that involve their daily lives.  Shopping at the store, cooking, other descriptions they can work into a daily routine that doesn�t change much.  Then make a game out of who can keep talking in English the longest, or who can say the most items in a room.
 
 I know I learned kitchen words a hell of a lot faster because I was a chef, well cook, and I can see it's similar for those who have a hobby.  You learn around the interests you have or the life you live.  A lesson plan is a guide, the student is the path.
 
 Good luck, and try to build from their daily life.
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