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I need to transcribe a conversation. I'm stuck on the correct grammar of one sentence. The speaker is talking about what is inside a backpack and says: well there are two notebooks an English book there is a pen and three pencils So I'm thinking I should write it as follows: Well there are two noteb...

I recently posted a question about identifying the common and proper nouns in this sentence: The creator of the Nike symbol was paid $35 for the design. I am reading about proper adjectives in my English book. "Nike symbol" is a noun phrase and "Nike" is a proper adjective? But I can't say that "Nik...

Thanks for the reply,
its an exam question that we are having printed today.

Thanks again both of you,

Josh

In the sentences: The creator of the Nike symbol was paid $35 for the design. and Michael Jordan was cut sophmore year from his high school basketball team. is "Nike symbol" a proper noun? And could you consider "symbol" a common noun in that sentence? And with "high school basketball team," which p...

I think first and foremost what separates secondary schools in the aspect of teaching competencies, is a specific skill set of classroom management techniques.

I personally think that that in itself would be a great thing for research.

Please be more specific. There are language competencies and teaching competencies, to name 2. What is your research looking at exactly?

There is a belief that many times students learn more English from the discussion of grammar than from the grammar points themselves. However, anything that helps one to better understand English and therefor make one able to listen and read more English, is good. If grammar lesson helps one better ...

I would talk to management immediately and find some possible consequences for the students. Some of them obviously have no intention of helping you, help them. I would first communicate to the students your expectations and discuss the problems you have been seeing. If you are insulted by what they...

I have never heard of "teaching building." "Class building" is a very common expression for activites that build unity with the classroom as a whole.

Burnout can happen for many different reasons. I am sure I don't know them all. But I know that it can happen if you are so focused on results that you don't leave any room for fun. Can you not add some fun activities between the structured program? I think any program allows for ice breakers and gr...

I think talking is fine if it is not contrived. This is were it is important to have really stimulating material. Don't forget movies and watching tv series. When I taught privates, I downloaded commercials. These always provided a lot to talk about. Another important factor is to remember that stud...

I think the first thing you need to do is group the students into proficiency levels. Once you do this, you can design lessons for each level and set up tutoring partners to provide support and occasionally do activities together. you can create a simple questionnaire that asks about their likes, di...

That you will make mistakes and thats ok. That your students will make mistakes and thats ok. Don't give up.

With middle school students I think it requires more than just interest. The students need to learn to discipline themselves to study.

I believe in what I read in one of Stephen Krashen's books that said something to this effect: When we speak with an accent other people take note of the fact that we are not native. Thus, the people talking to us alter their speech. We have to be unafraid of being bombarded by unedited native speec...