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- Fri Feb 15, 2013 4:25 am
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: Third graders, motivation and classroom management
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6992
I think the Waldorf curriculum has a lot of wisdom to share about third graders and what makes them tick: 1) Stories about setting out alone, finding freedom, creation myths, and Old Testament stories are especially interesting and motivating this year. 2) Shelter building (life-size, or models), an...
- Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:31 am
- Forum: Preschool Education
- Topic: Problems with a 4 year old
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8325
Sally had great ideas. Also, 4yo is too young to sit at a desk. Could he? Maybe. Should he? No. Make a predictable routine for your classes. That could mean story, movement activity, then free play together. Movement activities can be Simon Says, clapping games, head shoulders knees and toes, finger...
- Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:11 am
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: Finding a Balance Between Correcting/Not Correcting Errors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5974
- Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:16 am
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: What was your first day of teaching like?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3068
I was 16, completely untrained except for being a good language student myself, and happy that the person who interviewed me did not ask me anything relevant. For some reason she gave me the job. I tried not to trip while stepping high up onto the stage (!) in front of the blackboard. About 50 faces...
- Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:41 am
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: Good techniques for eliciting?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6127
- Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:42 am
- Forum: Teaching English to Deaf Students
- Topic: Working at a School for the Deaf in S. Korea
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9508
- Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:04 am
- Forum: Teaching English to Deaf Students
- Topic: Working at a School for the Deaf in S. Korea
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9508
Try contacting the speech-language pathology departments at universities such as Ewha, Yonsei, or Daegu University. They often have profs who can read and return English emails, and connections within the Deaf community. Special Ed departments may also have Deaf specialists. Oh, and Hallym Universit...
- Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:48 pm
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: How can I improve my oral English?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8035
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:51 am
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: HELP! I'm starting to teach pronunciation, but I'm a newbie!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 19096
That amount of time is just about perfect, actually. PM me. I work almost exclusively with Koreans. I can email you some worksheets I use for linking sounds between words/syllables. Most adult Koreans have a passing familiarity with the IPA. It isn't necessary to spend much time on it. Even among Ko...
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:29 am
- Forum: Preschool Education
- Topic: 4 year old preschool problems
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14846
Linqi, I disagree. Parents should primarily speak languages they can model well when chatting with their kids. The better and more natural the model, the better the kid learns. Speak your own first language to your child unless you are native-like in another language. If you want your child to be mo...
- Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:43 am
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: Students with disabilities
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3664
I'm glad you posted again. I was so curious about how your session went. It is pretty depressing, eh? Sometimes best not to think about the enormity of the problem... You mentioned unnaturally rapid speech, inappropriate code switching, rudeness, and an apparent lack of awareness of the impact of th...
- Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:50 am
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: Students with disabilities
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3664
- Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:15 am
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: Students with disabilities
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3664
You may want to check out the website of the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) association, and do a web seach to learn more about TBI. The American Speech-Language Hearing Association (www.ASHA.org) may also have some good info about communication issues with TBI. My brother also has TBI from a car acci...
- Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:32 pm
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: Helping them to follow along?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3312
Ah! Thank you for editing your post. Now I understand your situation better. As Senorita Daniels said, a third grader should be able to stay on task pretty well. But many can't, due to comprehension difficulties, ADHD, or just plain lack of motivation. If you suspect the problem is ADHD (Attention D...
- Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:26 pm
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: Helping them to follow along?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3312
When you say baby, do you mean infant? How old is the child? Age makes a big difference when it comes to attention span and ways to keep the students on task. An infant will not be on task... pretty much ever. A two-year old may pay attention at times, if you make the lesson all about his/her intere...