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Hello All,

I've been looking high and low for an interesting quantifier activity for a university class with 40 students.

Any ideas of how I can enthusiastically practice much, many, and a lot with my students?

Thanks in advance!

Hello All, My master wants me to devise a curriculum in January for a month long camp. Five days a week. Each class one to two hours. It needs to incorporate a variety of English activities, plus physical activities. I have no idea where to start. I need to submit a rough schedule this week...any id...

Hello, I just started a class where the two students finished this book and have already written a report. Unfortunately, I've never read this book so I'm going to read it tonight and make my lesson plan first thing in the morning. However, I have no idea how to teach a 'reading' class for an hour w...

Hi All, I have a 4th grade girl that I need to teach everyday till the end of the month. Her English is pretty good. Needs help on advanced grammar and pronunciation. And, she's kind of a problem child as far as always pouting and not paying attention. Honestly, I'm used to teaching university stude...

I have to teach a 4 year old girl once a week for one hour ESL. I know she can't read yet. Ummm...any ideas?

Please help!

Hi All, I teach English for an international shoe company that has factories in several countries. I thought as a nice gesture, I would add a weekly English lesson (without mandatory homework). Since it's only once a week, it needs to be easy and effective. I was thinking: Part 1: 2 idioms related t...

Very cool, thanks. Your site definitely provides a reference point.

Cheers!

Hi,

Can anybody help me with finding a good book or curriculum to teach email writing for a company?

Thanks!

Hello,

Does anybody have any ideas as to how to teach a five-year-old English. I was hired for a job that's once a week for one hour. It starts tomorrow.


Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have no idea how to teach kids, only adults.

Thanks in advance.

how many sessions do you think would be good?

what about this for my first class

1 - watch videos of a good presenter / bad presenter
2 - discuss differences between both videos
3 - introduce sentences / vocab for beginning a presentation

I guess I didn't need to mention powerpoint. Basically, I need to teach ESL students how to give presentations in general. I guess that getting down to it, they need to be comfortable with public speaking and have a good grasp on the language. But, does anyone have ideas as to how to format a class?

Hello,
I need to teach business people how to give Powerpoint Presentations. Does anybody know of resources or have any ideas that I can use to teach giving presentations to non-native English speakers?

I have absolutely no idea where to start

Thanks in advance.

Does anybody have a good idea on how to teach this stuff? I can't figure out a good explanation on why we need to use these. My students like to say: why? a lot.

Please help!!!

Hello,

Does anybody have ideas for books for ESL students to read themselves in the following areas?

children's book

English conversation book

any autobiography of a famous businessman

They need to be relatively cheap, say, under $15.

Thanks in advance!

Not sure if this is the right place but, I have a student that is planning on taking the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) test in English by the end of the year. He wants me to help him, however I have no background in this. Although I do want to help him. Any thoughts? I don't know where I'd even ...