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Does anyone have any ideas for fun and appropriate jokes/tricks that a teacher can play on classes of senior grade 1 kids (ages 15-16) on April Fool's Day? I know at least one of my classes has something in mind for me (God help me! :shock:), and I want to get in on the fun by tricking them. A coupl...

Thank you guys for the suggestions. If anyone else has more, I would love to hear them b/c he is really set on getting it right. In response to EH's question as to when he has difficulty, it is mostly at the beginning of a word beginning with /l/ -- so my name has become Nesley (like Nestle). He sti...

I have begun tutoring a Chinese college freshman with excellent English vocabulary, and he has a hunger for learning perfect pronunciation. My biggest difficulty is that he cannot hear the difference between /l/ and /n/. Consequently, when he says my name, Lesley, it sounds like "Nesley", or when he...

HELP -- I am teaching conversational English to 14-16 year-olds in China, and this is only my 2nd week. I have never taught ESL before, and I love the experience, however I just found out 2 hours ago that all teachers will be teaching classes this weekend before the National Day holiday next week. T...