Teacher Discussion Forums

With our intermediate students we have read the folktale "The Country Mouse and the city Mouse" and we have started a project on the differences between living in the countryside and living in the city. We would like to find out information about what are your or your stuents preferences about the t...

Our students have been learning English for 2 years and they are working on a collaborative project about healthy eating habits. We are looking for students of the same age level to ask and answer questions regarding this topic. The students have prepared a survey so they can gather information from...

At the institute where I work we have started a new blog. We have decided to make one blog for the whole institute with the collaboration of all the teachers because it is our first time and in this way it will be easier. You are all welcome to have a look at it and provide ideas and suggestions for...

At the institute where I work we have started a new blog. We have decided to make one blog for the whole institute with the collaboration of all the teachers because it is our first time and in this way it will be easier. You are all welcome to have a look at it and provide ideas and suggestions for...

I would say that both of them are useful. Maybe mixture of the two would be a good idea. And it also depends on the text because if it is a text about a topic your students have no information about, it would be pointless to try to apply their background knowledge.
Hope this is useful.

Could you share with us your marking scale. I find it difficult to mark compositions. so maybe you can help me.
Thanks
Sabrina

yes, it would have been easier

I'm glad you find it useful. Good luck with your teaching.

I think that the best thing to do is asking them to read something they are really interested in. For example books chosen by them, or they can search the internet to find articles about things they are really interested in (sports, fashion, etc.). Maybe, they can then comment on what they have read...

I have never thought about it. But maybe it's because it's a set expression and there is some kind of elipsis there ("that had" has been omitted because you can infer it) But I'm not quite sure about it.

Well, I think it is very difficult to plan a lesson if you don't have any idea about the group and the requirements of the course. In your situation, i would start searching the internet for some speaking activities but I would wait till the first class before doing any detail planning. Maybe you ca...