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There are lots of others here who speak Spanish. I have just claimed in another thread that Spanish/Portuguese are "dialects with an army". I would imagine almost all common student difficulties are transferrable between the two. It's now time to tell me off and generally insult me. dialects with a...

Ok.

No worries!

So, how does all that apply to, say, your average EFL teacher, then? :o[/quote] How's that? Is this related only to metalinguistics? Meaning is probalbly not pre-packed. It is though created and re-created as a speaking community changes. Skilled and skillfull sometimes mix together. The basic meani...

I guess this is a typical beginning! There are usually things to be overcome while becoming a teacher! I believe once you perceived yourself as shy, etc, you already kniw what to improve. It is up to you now to proceed. Good luck, and always remember that becoming a good professional takes time and ...

Why not to try a text that focus on the importance of knowing English!!!

This can be real motivating!

Since they are elementar, I believe you should you use elementary stuff. I don't believe being doctors makes them different. If the group get the basic now you will probably have no major problems with all skills in the future. A lot of courses - not just the intensive ones - fail not providing stud...

It is really difficult to get along with teens sometimes. We have to face the truth: they've got something sweet to do all the time! Trying to know what sort of things they really need to learn is a good beginning. Sometimes they feel like completely idiots by having either to play games or to sing....

have you tried South Park movies? You can get them ".avi" on line, or buy the DVDs!

It was a success among the students!!!

They've loved them!

Setting up a topic is always a good idea as our fellows mentioned before.

If you're looking for something more academical you could try

http://www.google.com/scholar

Even though it is still a beta web site it provides people with lots technical & academical material.

Good search!!!

Why don't you post a few of your ideas first!

I think it would be better for you to get help!

Robert's Rules of Order

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Those are great sugestions!! I've tried almost all of them and /i ensure they really work. I've just remembered once I took all my students to a pizza place. We made a deal with the place owner and got a whole section for us. There everybody could talk about anything while having a large slice. The ...

well, here we go again! First, course books - the good ones I mean - are those who let do your job in a way I feel yourself comfortable. By comfortable I should say free to do what you believe is better for your students. No matter if they will get there or not, we as teacher, should help them, not ...

It is real good to have a machine such as a laptop computer running in your class. I usually download movies and play them intirely. I try not to watch the movie in advance in order to feel the same surprise my students feel while watching it. Before playing it, we always have a discussion of what w...

Brainstorming is always good at the beginning. This way you will be able to know your students' needs. As you guys get to know each other, you can start by setting up a cooperative environment where everyone has a part to play. The experience i have with a few japanese is that they really take effor...