Teacher Discussion Forums

You might want to post your message on another of Dave's ESL Cafe Forums, such as the forum for teaching in Korea....

Try these two articles for some possibilities

http://www.e-mesh.com/members/teachers/ ... nnings.pdf

http://www.e-mesh.com/members/teachers/ ... cts001.pdf

I highly recommend the book Headstarts by Natalie Hess, which has some very unique ideas, both serious and whimsical, for working with texts in an ESL classroom. You can order it through Amazon.com.

For those of you who think the lexical approach is the final word on language teaching, Seth Lindstromberg has written this fascinating article applying a bit of critical thinking...

http://www.hltmag.co.uk/mar03/mart1.htm

Yes, you are certainly welcome to quote anything I have written here. I basically agree with Larry's position that language teaching should be more than just games. However, I can't say that I agree with everything that he has said here. First of all, I don't assume that my colleagues who use games,...

I've been teaching ESL for nearly a decade, and most teachers I know are very PRO games and activities. However, I know a few who are completely against them. ("I HATE GAMES!" I remember one colleague shouting.) Penny Ur, in her classic A Course in Language Teaching, prefers the word activities over...