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by Brookee
Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:25 am
Forum: Texts
Topic: text "Samantha, A Soap Opera..."?
Replies: 0
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text "Samantha, A Soap Opera..."?

I teach intermediate level adults and I recently came across the book "Samantha, A Soap Opera and Vocabulary Book for ESL," by Meryl Becker. Has anyone used it? Any opinions on it?
by Brookee
Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:24 pm
Forum: ESL Management
Topic: Classroom Management troubles with adults
Replies: 6
Views: 26769

Hi Pixierox. Unfortunately I'm not writing with advice but to say that I'm having this same problem too and I'm ready to pull my hair out. These are the steps I've taken thus far: 1) group talk about only using English in the classroom 2) individual talks (with trouble makers!) 3) setting classroom ...
by Brookee
Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:08 am
Forum: Adult Education
Topic: How to deal with poor adult behavior in the classroom?
Replies: 7
Views: 4268

How to deal with poor adult behavior in the classroom?

I teach ESL to adults (of all levels) in Boston, MA. Most of my students are Spanish-speakers and I happen to teach to Mono-Lingual (Spanish) classes. Any words of advice on how to deal with poor behavior in the classroom? Problems I regularly encounter are: 1)too much chatter/loud voice-levels 2)st...