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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
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 Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject: Your top "3" |
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Hey,
What do you guys find yourselves teaching the most in class? I find myself teaching:
listening skills
tenses
how to properly respond to questions (i.e. full-sentence responses).
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Otherside
Joined: 06 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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My top 3:
Listening
Listening
Listening.
I found a great book which makes teaching listening so easy! |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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My top 3:
Listening
Listening
Listening.
I found a great book which makes teaching listening so easy! |
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sharkey
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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| sentence order and comprehension skills. i read them a story of what I did on the weekend or make up somethings. I give them pieces of paper with true or false questions on it, pretty basic |
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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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"how to properly respond to questions (i.e. full-sentence responses)"
It could be something as easy as "I am NAME". I always try to make sure students say something complete and then add on to it.
The other stuff comes with it. |
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Joe666
Joined: 19 Nov 2008
Location: Jesus it's hot down here!
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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Comprehension
Pronounciation
And the obvious: Listening |
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Goku
Joined: 10 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:54 am Post subject: |
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sitting down
shutting up
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multi tasking (Sitting down and shutting up at the same time) |
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Otherside
Joined: 06 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:06 am Post subject: |
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| cubanlord wrote: |
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My top 3:
Listening
Listening
Listening.
I found a great book which makes teaching listening so easy! |
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Was just kidding with that 
Anyways, your question is far too broad unless you define it. The responses you get from elementary teachers is going to differ greatly from University teachers (which is fair enough), yet if no one states which level they teach, you are going to get a lot of "useless" answers.
Kind of like asking how much does a 3 bedroom house cost, without asking where?
As for me, I teach elementary, and I TRY to get my grade 5/6 students to use full sentences, always focus on pronounciation (within reason).
In reality, sitting down, shutting up, and not drawing on the desks  |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:07 am Post subject: |
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sitting down
shutting up
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multi tasking (Sitting down and shutting up at the same time) |
As Yingyangwenloshi (sp?) has stated, I am easily amused! hehe There! I beat him to it! |
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Tobias
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:17 am Post subject: |
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| Goku wrote: |
sitting down
shutting up
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multi tasking (Sitting down and shutting up at the same time) |
I gotta find an new profession. Reality sucks too much. |
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kabrams
Joined: 15 Mar 2008
Location: your Dad's house
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:21 am Post subject: Re: Your top "3" |
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| cubanlord wrote: |
Hey,
What do you guys find yourselves teaching the most in class? I find myself teaching:
listening skills
tenses
how to properly respond to questions (i.e. full-sentence responses).
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www.ralphsesljunction.com |
Seriously, I don't know why my students don't respond in full sentences. I mean, I will literally be staring at them , telling them, SAY THE ENTIRE SENTENCE PLEASE and they will still say only the one word that they're learning. I have to practically pull my hair out for some of them to say the entire thing. Usually it's about a third of the class that does this. What is the issue?
I teach 3-6 and they all do this!
It's so aggravating. I really need tips to help my students (and me!) out. |
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lionel
Joined: 07 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:24 am Post subject: depends |
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It depends on your age group and level.
However, in every course I tend to repeat everything they say (corrected) so I guess you could call it listening. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:09 am Post subject: |
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| Otherside wrote: |
| cubanlord wrote: |
| Otherside wrote: |
My top 3:
Listening
Listening
Listening.
I found a great book which makes teaching listening so easy! |
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Was just kidding with that
Anyways, your question is far too broad unless you define it. The responses you get from elementary teachers is going to differ greatly from University teachers (which is fair enough), yet if no one states which level they teach, you are going to get a lot of "useless" answers.
Kind of like asking how much does a 3 bedroom house cost, without asking where?
As for me, I teach elementary, and I TRY to get my grade 5/6 students to use full sentences, always focus on pronounciation (within reason).
In reality, sitting down, shutting up, and not drawing on the desks |
lol. Yeah, I figured as much. That's why I threw in the laughing, because I was. Then I thought....Hmmmm...just in case. So, I threw in the roll to cover everything. 
That's true. I should define it, but, I purposely wanted to be vague a bit. I like to create new materials, so I was trying to find a pattern among posters here. I wanted to see what it is they teach often. Then, I could create some stuff for it.
Me, I'm stuck, yes stuck, with listening as it is part of our curricula at the uni. I hate teaching so much of it, but, it's part of the job, you know?
I see a lot of basic commands keep popping up in people's responses. That is giving me an idea. Anyone else? |
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seonsengnimble
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Location: taking a ride on the magic English bus
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:37 am Post subject: |
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For lower levels, I teach listening and thinking. By thinking, I mean, if there's a passage that says something like "Hello. My name is Robert, and I come from Puerto Rico. I love to dance," and I ask "Where is Robert from?" not to answer "My name is Robert, and I come from Puerto Rico." I also teach them not to use run-on sentences. 
For higher levels, I spend a lot of time on grammar. I don't know exactly what is happening in their grammar classes, but there's obviously something wrong when someone who's been studying for five years can't use the present simple tense correctly. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:03 am Post subject: |
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I like to teach French. Then I move onto Chinese and finish it up with a little parcheesi.
I mean, Christ. Come on. |
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