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I'm a foreigner (Canadian) teacher here in Taiwan. I've been here for 10 months now and have 2 months left. Now I'm only working part-time with 2 one-hour classes, 1 two-hour class and 2 30min classes per week. I'm getting dry here on ideas and the kids (age 9-11) are getting tired of my activities/...

I'm looking for Warm up ideas on different activities or games I can do with my Grade 4/5 class. I can't find any in the Idea Cookbook. These are just 5-10min things we can do to get them up and ready for the 1-2hr class. All I have been doing so far is "Switch Seats" where 1 person stands up and sa...

I've been teaching English here in Taiwan for 7 months now and know this is definately not the profession for me! :( I'm having problems in my cram school with two certain classes in particular. Class A is in Grade 4 i think and Class B is in grade 5. The older class has that "i'm too cool to be her...

I'm doing language exchange with a couple University girls. One girl understands about half of what I say while the other girl still has a forgotten elementary level of English. It's hard to teach them English together with two different levels. They want to write the TOEFL or TOEIC exam eventually....

I'm doing language exchange with a couple University girls. One girl understands about half of what I say while the other girl still has a forgotten elementary level of English. It's hard to teach them English together with two different levels. They want to write the TOEFL or TOEIC exam eventually....

I'm doing language exchange with a couple University girls. One girl understands about half of what I say while the other girl still has a forgotten elementary level of English. It's hard to teach them English together with two different levels. They want to write the TOEFL or TOEIC exam eventually....

I'm starting language exchange on Monday with a couple girls from the local University. One of them wants to learn enough English to write the TOEIC exam or equivilent (TOEFL). I'm not too sure on how to teach them in this regard. I've only been teaching English to children in the local Kindergarten...

Thanks for the reply!

Yes, my job is definately over when they start the countdown (in Chinese) and make a mad dash out the door!

I'm teaching at a English language cram school in Taiwan. I'm having problems with this one class. 12 students, ages range from 13 - 16 (i think) and none of them participate. They have that "too cool" attitude towards English. They should be at an intermediate level with the book that has been prov...

Hello! I've been looking into a couple different websites for teaching English as a Second Language online with a headset andwebcam for students in Japan and Korea. The one in Japan sounds a little dodgy since they say that the only way they can pay us teachers is through a Premium Paypal account wh...