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I'd agree with Joshua, best to make use of his energy, instead of trying to curb it. 3-year olds can pick up lots of vocabulary without trying through acting out; eg you could show him a picture of a lion, and then say "Lion" or "Let's roar like a lion", and then you both act out being lions round t...

Thanks revel, for advice on -ed pronounciation. Here's another one for you, or anyone else who can help: the chinese kindergarten children I teach find it very hard to say "N", so it's pretty hard for them to be intelligible even when saying something basic like "My name is...". Should I try to help...

Sounds to me like yr students are over-compensating, since in Cantonese Chinese I know P T and K at the end of words are never fully sounded (eg 'sik' is pronounced without the final release of the tongue (or click) that we would say in English for 'sick'. It's good that they're pronouncing these le...

Some advice please: some of the primary school kids I'm teaching have a problem knowing how to pronounce past tense endings, whether to make it an "ed" ending or more of a 't' or 'd' sound (eg "walkd" for walked). Should I be bothering to teach them rules for the different endings, or will they pick...

Have you checked out the books for borrowing at the Central library in Causeway Bay? They have wooden boxes of big books in English and Chinese.

I had the same experience, in Hong Kong, so I know how you feel. I wasn't under a lot of pressure to "teach" the children, though, just to make English fun and familiar for them, so they wouldn't be afraid of it. (I'm not EFL-trained; just have experience from my own children growing up bilingual). ...