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In 2007 I taught English for the first time for one year in China. There were many times where I got frustrated with the lack of motivation and I always wondered how I could reach those students who didn’t want to be there. I’m now back at university taking some more TESL courses and am doing a rese...

Hello All, I am currently teaching in China, and would like to do a lesson on the Beijing Olympics. This summer I saw a TV program on the Olympics that talked about a radio program in Beijing called 'Sports English'. It was all about words that would be used when interviewing athletes, and I thought...

Does anybody out there have any suggestions for fun ways of reading/reviewing stories and dialogues? I like to get everyone to read it by themselves, as they don't always participate when everyone is reading together. However, when two students are reading, the others are bored silly and usually sta...