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Paji eh Wong · Joined: 03 Jun 2003

I've been given two classes of 4 students to teach, 4 hours a week each. Students range from elementary to people who've already graduated with a degree in English language and literature. So far I've just been taking a list of questions off of the internet or out of a book and we've been talking about them for 50 minutes. Everyone seems happy enough with this, but I think it'll get boring in the long term.

1. The text I wanted is out of print. It was organized by theme. Any suggestions for another one?
2. Does anyone have any suggestions for boosting the volume of student talk? Pairwork with the elementary student seems to frustrate everyone, as he takes forever to get anything done and takes a lot of prompting from me.
3. I could use a new warm up game. I've exhausted mine already. Suggestions?

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Since you are one of the saner posters here, have you checked out breakingnewsenglish.com? It has the same topic at a beginner level and a more advanced level. Up-dated daily.

Maybe it will help.

Good luck.

Paji eh Wong · Joined: 03 Jun 2003

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I think I resent what you said about my kid being a cabbage, but I'm not sure. I could go with a head of lettuce, MAYBE. Maybe it's genetic. What the heck is TMAKATM?

PS: The only thing I know relating to Oscar was what that actress said about doing it in the street and scaring the horses. I don't think that is appropriate to the situation. Is it? If it is, I withdraw my previous statement about your sanity.

Ekuboko · Joined: 22 Dec 2004 Location: ex-Gyeonggi

Since you have two classes, can't you organize to have them split into class according to level? Like the elementary to intermediate students together and the upper to advanced students in the other?

joe_doufu · Joined: 09 May 2005 Location: Elsewhere

One trick is to use textbooks with reading tasks and speaking tasks. The elementary students are usually pretty decent at reading and pronouncing English, so let them read, or let them be dictionary jockeys for the rest of the class, while the more advanced students tackle the comprehension questions.

Paji eh Wong · Joined: 03 Jun 2003