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To Lagerlout, thanks for the reply. It seems that I've adopted a similar strategy to you. My lessons are fourty minutes long, so I spend 10 minutes trying to teach them something, then give them 20 minutes to put it to use in a conversation and 10 minutes for presentation at the end. They still spea...

Hi Jed, Thanks for the reply. Seems its not just me, but the situation throughout China. One of the biggest problems I have is that while some students are really interested, some don't think its worthwhile because what they are learning won't help them pass their exam. There's such a mixture of abi...

I am teaching in a middle in school in Shanghai, China. Does anyone have suggestions for materials for teaching SPOKEN ie speaking and listening, English to classes of 50+ students. I do not have a textbook and the school will let me teach pretty much what I want. Some of the students are enthusiast...