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War Eagle
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 Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:01 pm Post subject: Share your ADULT conversation class current news topic LINKS |
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I don't know if there is a similar place out there, but I think it would be a good idea for those of us that teach adult conversation classes to have a place where we could have link access to recent articles, blogs, whatever to be used in the classroom.
I have to come up with a new "interesting" topic each day for my adults and that can sometimes be a challenge, requiring massive amounts of time on the internet searching for topics to keep them interested.
I'll start. I used this one today concerning airport security and human rights violations:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_newsroom/20101114/tr_yblog_newsroom/san-diego-man-balks-at-scan
Yesterday was on outdated teaching and the Montessori model:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-11-10-column10_ST1_N.htm
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Kaypea
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You've probably already talked about this, but when I taught adults, they loved to discuss whether or not couples should live together before marriage.
Another hot topic: is English education good for really young kids? (I think we also talked about this more than once)
Also: what do you think about smoking bans in public buildings?
Also: do you believe in ghosts?
Also: is the public school system working? |
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Radius
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| Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| if its mostly women, shopping or fashion trends |
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War Eagle
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| Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Kaypea wrote: |
You've probably already talked about this, but when I taught adults, they loved to discuss whether or not couples should live together before marriage.
Another hot topic: is English education good for really young kids? (I think we also talked about this more than once)
Also: what do you think about smoking bans in public buildings?
Also: do you believe in ghosts?
Also: is the public school system working? |
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| if its mostly women, shopping or fashion trends |
All of these are good ideas. However, my students want to discuss things in the current news. This is even more of a challenge than coming up with good random ideas. I was hoping to get links to current stories that we could all share.
EDITS: I changed the name of the thread to reflect this  |
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Kaypea
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War Eagle
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