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Hi guys, Can you help me? I have a very aggressive student in my class. I usually don't teach classes, I specialise in teaching one-one-one, but last autumn one of my old students recommended me to her friend whose class wanted a new teacher, as they were fed-up with the one they had and wanted to c...

Thanks for that. Yes I gave him the exact same answer for feet and foot and he asked me why. Who knows right? We say it as we say it.

Hi guys, My friend is a maths teacher. His Year 9 class asked him some interesting questions today. Here they are: Am I 6 foot tall or 6 feet tall? Which is the correct English and why? How about 5 foot 9? Is it plural or singular and why? Also, any idea why we use "lbs" as an abbreviation for "poun...

Hi guys, My friend is a maths teacher. His Year 9 class asked him some interesting questions today. Here they are: Am I 6 foot tall or 6 feet tall? Which is the correct English and why? How about 5 foot 9? Is it plural or singular and why? Also, any idea why we use "lbs" as an abbreviation for "poun...

COMING SOON…. FINALLY… ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN ONE EASY TO APPLY 1-2-1 BOOK. Dear 1-2-1 ESL Trainers, Since my first posting in early 2005 on this very site, I have received so many emails asking the same kinds of questions here are two examples … Enquiry one; I've been taking classes online ...

I live in Switzerland and have run a home based ESL 1-2-1 business for over 2 years now and in the beginning I charged too little. I knew this because some of my students would tell me so! And interestingly enough, not all clients took their learning seriously. Very quickly I decided to charge new c...

Hi Nikku, Good question! I find teaching one to one conversation one of my most favourite to teach. My 1-2-1 conversation classes have evolved over time but now I have them down to a fine art. Here it is... Assuming that you've already assessed the students level of competency, i.e. beginner, interm...

Dear Teachers, I have a young student, fresh out of University and working in a bank here in Switzerland for the past two years, whose goal it is to move to London and work on a trading floor. He's intermediate level. My goal is to re-build and refresh his conversational English and do games and les...

Yes. I need to design 3 to 4 practical activities to help my students understand the two usages of FAST i.e. in its adj. and adv. forms. Nothing to do with fasting, as in not eating for a while. More like, he has a fast car and he drives fast. I need to design exercises for my class, so they get a c...

Hi there, I need to design 3 to 4 activities or exercises to use in class to help my students practice and understand the two usages of the word "fast" . I've been instructed to start simple/restricted then get freer with each exercise. My students are beginners. Does anyone have any suggestions? :?

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