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I'd like to receive some advice from experienced teachers on the topic of evaluating or assessing students' progress. This is not such a big problem when it comes to grammar and reading/listening comprehesion. The real area of trouble for me is how to evaluate a student's productive abilities (writi...

Could anyone offer some suggestions for grading participation, whether on a daily or weekly basis throughout a sixteen week session? I'm particularly thinking about this for an advanced level adult class in which the students will be reading a series of essays and studying from a book that deals wit...

The students are for the most part planning to enter the University. So, yes, I think that we would like to find some books that are as academic as possible. Of course, we're not interested in liguistic theory or anything of that nature, but we want to give them anything that would continue to impro...

My comments are based on teaching adults, so I hope this helps. This may seem simple, but the first thing to do is to find out from your students what they want. Often, they will be upfront with you: "I want to do well on the TOEFL test", or "I want to improve my pronunciation and conversational abi...

We are looking for advanced level textbooks for the advanced adult class in our institute. We have been using NorthStar advanced series for reading/writing and listening speaking along with Focus on Grammar advanced. We have decided to make a change next semester for this particular class. Could any...

We are looking for advanced level textbooks for the advanced adult class in our institute. We have been using NorthStar advanced series for reading/writing and listening speaking along with Focus on Grammar advanced. We have decided to make a change next semester for this particular class. Could any...

I'm currently trying to find out what a typical hourly rate would be for ESL tutoring (involving converation, writing, and grammatical assistance). Could someone offer some reasonable suggestions? By the way, I'm in Houston, TX.