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Hi Wheels, Yep. Put them into pairs or groups, walk them across the road to the nearest public house and teach them vocabulary related to drinking, or alternatively have you ever played 'Hidden Sentences' ?(Klippel: Keep Talking, 1984, p.39). Two teams, one member from each have to have a conversati...

Hi crow, I think that you just really need to focus on what he needs, which is lots of speaking and listening. If he's been studying English for a while his reading and grammar are probably OK. So practise with lots of questions about him, his family, hobbies, sport, travel experiences, English lear...

I would appreciate it if anyone involved in management and recruiting staff in Spain would be able to tell me anything about what contracts are generally available for teachers. Many teachers, of course, work on 9 month contracts but is it possible to get a twelve month contract?. Also, is it possib...

I think dictations are a great practice activity. I am, of course talking about the modern approaches to dictation (Rinvolucri`+ others), which can be highly entertaining and motivating for students. For an idea of the more traditional approaches and how students feel about them all you have to do i...

'Qujanaq' for those comments Sally! I'll try to remember not to say that the next time I'm in Greenland and I'm being bothered by a drunken man. What you say is exactly what I mean though. If you can have such a good relationship with your students with humour like that you have won half the battle....

Hi, I agree with what Ricky says although I don't think I would want to get involved in anything controversial! What I normally do is start my students working together in pairs A & B with a question sheet, e.g A has questions 1-10 and B has questions 11-20 so they have to listen because there is a ...

Hi, If you are a foreign teacher in the country I think that a lot of humour can come of it. The customs are clearly going to be different to what you are used to, so why don't you take advantage of it. I've had some very entertaining lessons when I've asked students to explain unusual customs that ...