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Hey, I had a similar problem with a class, but the issue was me. All of my students were from a country where women are not allowed to drive or work or etc... And having a women teacher (who was young) just totally freaked them out. If this is a possible problem here's how I sorted it out. I set a h...

I fear I may have been too soft and now it's a question of reigning them in... Not so much my ideology as their laziness . Love kids!

Hey, here are some websites I've used: http://kiwiyert.tripod.com/ideas_for_debate_topics.htm http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc.html http://www.webenglishteacher.com/debate.html http://www.youdebate.com/ http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_index.php Otherwise I seem to recall there were di...

I don't think I really agree... :?: Most of the time I try to facilitate learning but try to avoid the focus on me. And for conversational classes obviously(?) students should be speaking English?? Anyway, a little L1 wouldn't really concern me, but it's clear they're not really trying. Although I d...

Thanks, my students are using L1 ALL THE TIME! (My L1 is English.) They (and I can understand because I was exactly the same) have zero interest in English. All interest is with the opposite sex, parties etc... They are not highly educated and rather immature. Don't get me wrong, I love teaching the...

Hello and help....

I just can't seem to eliminate language 1 from my classrooms, .
Any competitive /creative ways of dealing with this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. (Oh, my pupils are 17/18 years old)