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Thankyou so so much on your very helpful reply. I didn't expect it to be so extensive!!! :D I have made notes and I will keep them close at hand to help me when I am stuck. Making students autonomous in their studies is important, so giving them ( oh yes and me ) assignments to do is a very good ide...

oops I forgot to mention the context For example: What DOES she do? What IS her job? I know that we use to be when it is the subject of the sentence, but is there an easy way for my students to identify the subject of a sentence? Thanks again

Hi everyone I am new to teaching so I would appreciate any tips or advice regarding the use of BE and DO. The problem is that I haven't been able to find an easy way to explain when to use to do and when to use to be. I know that it has something to do with the subject of the sentence, but that soun...

does anyone know of any websites where i could find ideas/resources/ANYTHING on teaching english for tourism? Eg of ideas. phone conversations, bookings, also vocab/expressions used by tour guides to describe things and places...etc etc etc: Thanks Thanks thanks

hi Iain

thanks for your help-it sounds like my cup of tea-the bickering that is

I've done the Celta course and have been teaching for just over a year-I found the methodology very helpful but what lacked was how to teach grammar-I am learning it as i go along!!! Anyway,does anyone know of websites where, I could improve my grammar and look at the English language from the stude...