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OK, I really apologize that this is an English teaching website and that I'm going to ask a question about teaching other languages!! Next week I have to give a presentation to some of my colleagues about integrating technology into teaching languages (we have a nice new multimedia room, with intern...

I remember back in highschool when I was studying Spanish our teacher had copies of what looked like really simple cartoon strip without words. We had to fill a certain amount of time, 3 minutes or so, telling the story we saw. First we had 30 seconds to make some notes, and were encouraged to use a...

those are all REALLY great ideas, thanks for taking the time to reply. i'll definately use your idea to do a biography, i like the idea of making a visual time-line. Making puzzles/homework for eachother is an awesome idea, it could be like they are the teacher for the day, doing a presentation, lea...

Has anyone else worked without texts?? What has proved successful?? I teach in Bulgaria and am starting my second year with a small group of smart, motivated kids. This is an optional class. We finished our workbook last year so this year we're on our own. Their level is probably low intermediate at...

I teach in the public school system in Bulgaria and one of my 8th graders is just brilliant at English. Her level is way above the rest of the class and she has even asked for extra work - she is very motivated. I thought instead of coming up with my own topics to have her write essays, stories, pla...

this is a hard topic!! especially for my bulgarian students - the bulgarian language has no indefinite articles (a/an) so my usual logic, ie a noun is uncountable if you can't say 'A sand' for example doesn't mean anything to them. i am looking for interesting ways to teach this concept - spoken gam...

hi - i'm working without books over the summer, trying to come up with fun ways to teach key vocabulary. so far i've had great success with colors, animals, and foods. anyone have any ideas on a good way to teach family words like sister, brother, mom, dad, grandmom, etc? the kids have really limitt...

hello!! i am teaching optional summer classes in a small town in bulgaria for elementary kids. i don't have any books or anything, fortunately i do have a CD player. since it is summer i'm going for a campish atmosphere, which has worked so far. so far we've been doing mostly songs and games, which ...

hi, here's an idea, you can contact peace corps' world wide schools program, which connects currently serving volunteers with educators in the states. they will set you up with TEFL students of similar age. if you definately want key pals not pen pals be sure to specify, since most volunteers work w...