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Hello all, I'm helping to get a new low-intermediate grammar course off the ground at my school, for adult students. I've got most things planned out, but for an hour and a half class, I feel that we should have a 5-10 minute warm-up at the beginning. I'm not super familiar with warm-up ideas for ad...

Thanks again for such comprehensive comments! I'll definitely take those tips into account in my subsequent classes! Cheers.

Hello again. On a similar note, I have another question. For you conversation teachers out there, how do you typically structure your class? As a new teacher to this, I was wondering if you have an entire syllabus written, or do you tailor your classes from student to student? I usually have a theme...

OK, thanks for the suggestions! I will try these things out and see if they help! Cheers.

Hello all, At the small ESL school I teach at (in Canada), many of my lessons are one-on-one. These are often free-form, general conversation. I enjoy this, because I feel I can help my students more precisely, and focus on topics they especially want to learn about. One of my new (adult) students s...