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Just bumping this up for you.

Thanks for your reply. Well, I had , for the first time, one of my new students tell me that she didn't think that free conversation (topic based) was going to help her to learn English. Not to mention she wasn't crazy about the topic; cloning. She didn't feel that speaking with other people who mad...

Hi and thanks for your reply. I'm in Toronto , Canada. And while there are many ways in which they can meet native English speakers, they never do. None of them have Canadian or English speaking friends. The only exposure to English is in my classroom, two hours a day, five days a week. They are an ...

I am an ESL instructor and have been for 4 years. Throughout my career I have heard some collegues agree and others disagree with the idea of free conversation time. What do you think are its benefits? OR Why do you think that it is not beneficial? Do you have free conversation in your class. How do...