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beckett
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Location: Ireland
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 Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:24 pm Post subject: 'conversation' class - anybody any suggestions? |
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I'm helping a co-teacher out with her English at the moment and she said just wanted a 'free conversation' class. This is ok and her level is decent, but it I feel sometimes the lessons will lack a sense of direction and the conversation can go a bit stale sometimes. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on teaching ' conversation' classes. I am teaching her idioms at the moment, and played some card games like pick a card from the deck and it corresponds to a question on the question sheet. I'm kinda struggling now though.
Thanks for any suggestions. |
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Ramen
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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Just gossip casually.  |
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jcan
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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www.breakingnewsenglish.com
It's free. Have them read the article beforehand. The discussion questions are a good way to expand. I use this for my small conversation class with the teachers at my school. |
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lowpo
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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Teach her grammar but in a way that is communicative. I find Interchange really good for that. Lots of Koreans have problems with
neither do I , Me neither. So do I, So can I. |
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brento1138
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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That site is awesome. I use it all the time. But I find some of the questions a bit stupid, so I copy and paste what I need to a worksheet. Then at the bottom 1/4th of the page I throw down some related expressions, phrases, (maybe some idioms too) that I think she doesn't know yet.
That has been working very well. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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| brento1138 wrote: |
| lowpo wrote: |
| http://iteslj.org/questions/ |
That site is awesome. I use it all the time. But I find some of the questions a bit stupid, so I copy and paste what I need to a worksheet. Then at the bottom 1/4th of the page I throw down some related expressions, phrases, (maybe some idioms too) that I think she doesn't know yet.
That has been working very well. |
I printed lots of the articles from this site. There's a great one about co-teaching that is really relavant to the situation in Korea. Also you can get
Tell Me More. by Andrew Finch. |
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Space Cowboy
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| Agree with the Breaking News English and iteslj folks. I also recommend having her watch an English-language TV show outside of the meetings. That serves the dual function of giving you numerous topics for conversation and providing a forum for grammar/vocabulary Q&A. The Big Bang Theory seems to be insanely popular among my uni students; maybe she'd enjoy that. |
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sirius black
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:26 am Post subject: |
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| Jazz English (1 and 2) has served me well. |
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cj1976
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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| sirius black wrote: |
| Jazz English (1 and 2) has served me well. |
Seconded. When teaching multi-level adult classes, it's easier to have topic-based lessons and discussions. This book is great for that. |
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beckett
Joined: 22 Jul 2009
Location: Ireland
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the suggestions. |
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