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seoulful gal · Joined: 29 May 2006

Hey guys, I just started teaching a group of 15 graduate students. I already have a book that I use with this group, but I've found that it's not good for building practical/situational conversation skills, improving grammer, or expanding vocabulary. The book the graduate students are using is a book of commonly used slang and English expressions. It's alright, but the skill level in the class is all over the place, so there are many students that need more basic conversation practice before they start worrying about slang and expressions.

So, to sum it all up, I guess what I'm looking for are good books I can use that cover
-conversational skills
-grammer (explations of grammatical rules would be great!)
-vocabulary

Also, I was wondering if you guys give exams in your classes. This class is something the students are just doing on the side, and I know they're already busy just trying to get through grad school, so I'm hesitant to take up much more of their time by giving them extra exams. What do you think?

Hotpants · Joined: 27 Jan 2006

Perhaps you need your own crash course in 'grammer' Wink

Lemonade · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Location: South Korea

riley · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Location: where creditors can find me

My best suggestion would be to go to a bookstore and look for a series that you are comfortable with. You know the students and you know how you like to teach. Other than that, it sounds like you are looking for some supports for your lesson. Maybe you should look for books that allow the students to roleplay different situations.

Woland · Joined: 10 May 2006 Location: Seoul

I'm curious, seoulful gal, about the course you are teaching. Is it a course specially designed for these graduate students? Is there any description of what the course is supposed to cover that you can refer to? If there is, could you share that information with us? Or at least, your impression of what you are supposed to be doing with these students. With more specific information, we will probably be able to give you better help.

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

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u26sjb · Joined: 18 Apr 2005

I quite like World View by Longman. It is a general English book, which focuses on a particular grammar point in each lesson and gives the students opportunity for speaking practice as well as giving the grammatical explanation. It also has listening and writing sections to most lessons. I usually use World View in one to one lessons, so I don't know how it would transfer to a larger group.