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One thing you can do is to use interactive activities and games. One example of this is a class activity known as "Someone who has..." been to New York City, ate ice cream last week, ridden a horse, etc. Students have to ask their classmates about a list of things they have done and if they have do...

I have spent most of my time in Colombia but I have traveled about half of South America. I registered at a local university so that I could get a student visa. As far as I know I have not seen any Master's programs that are English based. I know that in Europe it is a requirement to speak English t...

I used to teach for an English institute that would charge students for a certain number of private classes. If the student cancelled less than 24 hours before the class the student would lose that particular class time. If a student is serious about learning then I feel paying in advance is someth...

I think this is a great idea. Many non-native English speakers understand how the English language works because they have studied it and analyzed it. Non-native English speakers have also succeeded in acquiring English. I believe that just because you can speak English doesn't mean you can teach i...

JulietHuynh when I use British English teaching material the most noticeable difference is the spelling. I just let the students know that in American English it is spelled this way. All other differences I will also use the same answer "In American English it is more common to say it this way..." ...

I have never found a free textbook online. I know where I live in the US I could go hunting in some used book stores for a textbook. If they are private lessons and you only have one student. There are graded level readers from both Cambridge and Oxford. I prefer the Oxford but they are abridged st...

It looks like Gerard's last post was on Feb. 5 which mentions a "guess the movie" game. It looks like there has been a new game uploaded since then. Maybe he will try to post a game once a week or twice a week. Gerard, I like how you have recently started to give power point and word docs to accomp...