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by ricky
Sat May 29, 2004 8:16 pm
Forum: Applied Linguistics
Topic: Should I use L1 in my english classes?
Replies: 23
Views: 14124

Manolo, I'm very grateful to have the opportunity to respond to your post. I work in Spain in a private language school as a native English teacher and the subject of my students' English lessons in normal school seems to come up very often. I’m assuming that you are a Spanish teacher of English in ...
by ricky
Sat May 29, 2004 6:39 am
Forum: Activities and Games
Topic: Teaching is more effective in a fun way
Replies: 12
Views: 6955

Fun

I completely agree that a good way to interest kids is to give them fun lessons. Most kids will appreciate it although there are some you can't please. A vital element for me and my classes is to get the kids out of their chairs as much as possible within a lesson. If you can do this and play games ...
by ricky
Fri May 28, 2004 5:06 pm
Forum: Activities and Games
Topic: Student's inactive attitude in class
Replies: 14
Views: 10752

Hi, just a couple of observations, and feel free to completely disregard what I say since I have no experience of teaching in Taiwan. Maybe the ss will be more willing to talk in small groups or closed pairs to get their confidence before moving to open pairs and group discussion. The other point is...