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If this is in the right thread and you're going to be teaching 7 to 11 year olds, the buzz word du jour is "CLIL"

Here's my own first attempt at a lesson based on Youtube clips: http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/tefl/tv-ads-modals-of-prob/ Worked quite well, although more as a link between the worksheets mentioned on the post than as a stimulus for conversation in itself. If anyone tries it with a smaller c...

I had a look at the American History and ESL sections and I must say I didn't (like it, that is). At least it's free though!

This thread has got to be some kind of record breaker for the greatest percentage of contributions by one person!

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I would say: elicit the example sentences from the students rather than giving them yourself, by asking things like "Tell me something that is increasing in your area of business", and stimulate and use that desire to debate but limit it to English with controlled questions such as "Do we all agree ...

Whoops, those worksheets are actually now at:

http://tefltastic.wordpress.com/worksheets/videos/

Sorry to the people who had difficulty finding them. The link in the top post now changed to include the right address- finally!

Another way to organise it, especially with younger or less motivated students, or those who have been put off pronunciation by another teacher, is to base your syllabus around the things that are fun and include a lot of other skills such as free speaking. I based a whole specialist course around t...

Have just reorganised a page on my blog to include loads of links on TEFL career development topics like these:

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/articles/e ... ent-admin/

Feedback gratefully accepted here or there.

If they are free, how about sticking them on a blog and putting a link here. If you'd like details on how to easily set up a blog, e.g. on an EFL related site, please let me know.

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Were they textbooks, skills books or photocopiable worksheet books? If textbooks, were they short courses or long course (usually easy to tell as the short courses are thinner and have only 2 pages per unit)? Can you remember anything about the appearance? My recommendation would be New English File...

That is a tragedy, as there is nothing that good around that I have found, unless it is the Business English ones you are talking about, in which case Business Builder is even better. Other possibilities for similar photocopiable materials include: - Play Games with English- even older and possibly ...

Is this on the wrong forum perhaps?

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You might find stuff on personal appearance from General English textbooks like Headway is useful. Also maybe the language of advice, ways of being polite by being indirect, imperatives for giving instructions, colours (a good thing on this in the old low Advanced textbook distinction), taste and st...

Whoops, just clicked on one of those links myself and realised that it was moved a long time ago. Sorry! Here is the up-to-date link for all those worksheets:

http://tefltastic.wordpress.com/worksheets/art/

(Updated again Oct 2013)

I've never had to supervise more than 20 teachers, so no personal experience I'm afraid. I would imagine the best way, though, would be to just include it in regular one to one or written feedback rather than sending it out every time it comes in.

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