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During my second practicum, my associated teacher had a canon in his classroom. We used youtube almost every day. On Halloween day, we showed our grade 1 class ''The Skeleton Dance''. We also asked the students to dance and reproduce the skeleton moves. They had so much fun! YouTube can be very bene...

Wow! Teaching in a buddist temple must be an amazing experience. Instead of giving you book suggestions, I would recommend that you create some activities. Most textbooks are written for students of a specific culture and your students may not be interested in attending your classes so much. Activit...

Lack of motivation from the students happens sometimes when you are teaching abroad. Most of the time, there is some sort of disconnection between you and your students because of cultural differences. Getting to know your students and learn about their culture can be a good way transform that disco...

Intensive English programs abroad are very beneficial. If some students are shy or even afraid of having to speak English, such programs will help them a lot because they don't have a choice: they HAVE to speak English in order to be understood. Intensive English programs in the school system are tr...

Hi Russel! Having two bilingual students in your classroom can be very helpful. When you're having class discussions, interacting with those students as much as possible and asking for their opinion is a good way to have them participate. I would suggest that you do not separate them from the other ...