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Of course there is no point in watching a video or movie and not making your students work on that. You can make lots of things with videos, you can work on the visual part, work on the grammar, on vocabulary, questions and answers, multiple choice, etc. Everything depends on the students' age, of c...

What I would do, is ...> the next class I would make a comment of the first part of the movie so that the students can remember what was going on, you can even go into details if they remember. That's all I can think of. There are other things you can do but it's like too much, I mean, like finding ...

Videos in the classroom can be of use if they are reinforced with other activities. Students need to know the purpose for the video and have an idea of what is going to be asked of them after it is shown. Sure, you are right, you can't just teach by using videos in the class, but students find them...

It is true, it is also motivating for the students to see how they progress in their learning...

joshua2004 wrote:I agree, I don't think it happens a lot. I feel lucky. I am at a private school, ITESM (Tec de Monterrey).

I wish I worked at a place like that, Joshua! ...

I have the pleasure of teaching students who are really at the same level. The school I am at has a really effective way of structuring the classes which leads to a very homogenous language level of the students. I teach in a middle school, and all the classes are grouped by English ability. Studen...

Showem wrote:I'm in Germany.

WOW...that's great!!!.. Ich liebe Deutschland... Did I write it correctly???
I studied german a couple of years and I love the language...
Kind regards from the South and hot hemisphere...

I too would like to know what to do in a multiple level classroom. I once tried to teach a class like this and it was good for a little while. I soon found that it is a dynamic that works only with moderation. You can put high and low level together to do some tutoring and teaching, but then each p...

i can just wish you the BEST!!!

How much notice would you give to your current customers of weekly Business English classes that you are about to increase your prices? And how much would you increase them? Percentage wise. I'm looking at about a 6-7% increase but want to know what others think. I was thinking of one - month notic...

hallow everybody...I have areport about neglecgting ISLAMIC BOOKS i want your opinion about this topic and if you have any solution for this problematic issue which affect our Islamic knowledge.... :cry: Hello Conviction and all, I don't really understand what you mean in your post, would you expla...

Would you expand a bit more in what you need??

We are three girls who are studing to become English teachers. And we have a question: HOW OFTEN SHOULD I TEST MY STUDENTS? AND WHY? thank you. Hello!!... This is Marcela from Argentina. I agree with all the rest that posted an opinion here. I think you need to revise every new item or piece of gra...

I agree with you . It depends on the context. But basically the meaning is the same.

I think using videos and dvds are very useful. Everything that is visual helps learning...do you agree?