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Thanks for more ideas. I think measuring progress is a good point. English is different from golf because you can't see where you are making mistakes. ( That's what the teacher is for I suppose...)

Thanks for the ideas, I will try them out. However, I am looking for something that will give them some deeper motivation for learning English. They feel silly doing fun games, but they don't have enough motivation to take on the kinds of challenges that will really improve their English. I am think...

I teach a weekly 2-hour class of around 5 middle aged to elderly Japanese students. All students are upper intermediate, but one is basic. My problem is that whatever I do, they zone out within 20 minutes. They come to the class with some vague aim of learning English though I suspect that it is rea...