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[suzhou2010]

I'm a university instructor with 2 years of experience teaching lower level and intermediate classes . . This summer I will be teaching an advanced level class, most of the students speak english very well and a few are approaching fluency . .(about 10 students) . . I'm looking for any advice you might have about working with students on this level? THANKS

[ilovebdt]

Hiya, I would suggest a visit to OneStopEnglish www.onestopenglish.com they have lesson plans for advanced students. In my experience advanced students love to talk so any sort of discussion exercise is good. What about studying a book? Penguin Readers are good you get get reading, writing, speaking and listening exercises out of them.
This funny signs exercise is good aswell http://www.geocities.com/frankie_meehan/FunnySigns.htm I did it with my advanced class in Ecuador and they loved it.

[Ya-ta Boy]

The Penguin Reader idea is a good one. Check the site mentioned for a variety of topics. Consider using advice columns from the newspapers. The letters are full of natural English with lots of idioms. Try not to make every lesson topic serious. Not everyone wants to be serious every day from 1:15 to 2:15.

There are lots of ESL sites with lesson ideas and activities. I found my advanced students enjoyed logic problems.

[Scott in HK]

If you don't have to stick with conversation...you might want to look into teaching them some writing and reading. A lot of students speak very well but this ability does not carry over to their writing. Students are not always taught how to write an essay or how to connect their thoughts.

And many students could really benefit from learning reading strategies. Teachers often overlook trying to improve their reading skills because they are satisfied if the students can simply read out loud and answer simply comprehension questions.

[Dan]

You know what I'd teach? Sarcasm.

I'd be putting in a few weeks into the art of sarcastic retorts, and how vital to American society they are.