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Most informative. Thank you!

Actually, add Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia tothat list too.

In the UK, what good MAs in bilingual education are there? Which institutions are regarded as offering the best quality education?

Fantastic! They loved it! They asked for more! And later in the lesson they did freer speaking too.

I am a full-time English teacher but going to start a couple of hours a week doing some voluntary teaching. The children are special needs, physically/mentally (not sure what PC term is now) - so much so that they aren't allowed to attend normal school. Does anyone have any experience teaching in a ...

1/ (School requires textbook material is fully used) d
2/ (Workbook activities usually set as homework) a
3/ (Buying workbook and textbook is required by the school) f

Yes, that's a good idea - although it's true about status issues. I think I'll privately ask them if they would prefer easier tasks, this way they won't feel insulted - and if they prefer to stay at the same level, well... just have to encourage them to be more confident...

Oh, sorry, let me clarify. It's any instructions to speak to interact with another student, they are ok if it's individual work.

I have an evening business class that I teach oral English to once a week. They are very nice but the ability range is very wide (elementary to intermediate). With my more active students it's not such a problem but I have some older low-level students that really slow the class down and make other ...