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- 24 Jan 2008, 06:17
- Forum: TEFL Help
- Topic: A Reading & Writing Course I Am About to Conduct
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7007
A Reading & Writing Course I Am About to Conduct
Dear Lucy, I am just about to conduct the course referred to in the subject line of this email at one of my city's best known educational providers. Apparently it is likely that most students in the course will be non-native speakers of English. For the purposes of the course I need to prepare a les...
- 06 Jan 2008, 02:45
- Forum: General Teacher Discussion
- Topic: The Best Job in EFL . . . I found it!!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5985
Re: The Best Job in EFL . . . I found it!!
How do I get a job with them?
- 04 Jan 2008, 07:45
- Forum: General Teacher Discussion
- Topic: Some Advice Please.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4667
Some Advice Please.
Dear All, I have just been offered a position as a teacher of a short ESL course that is run by one of the local educational providers. According to the course outline, the objectives are the following ones; that by the end of the course, the students will have improved their skills in the following...
- 04 Jan 2008, 07:44
- Forum: TEFL Help
- Topic: Can you advise me on structuring a course?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7266
Can you advise me on structuring a course?
Dear Lucy, I have just been offered a position as a teacher of a short ESL course that is run by one of the local educational providers. According to the course outline, the objectives are the following ones; that by the end of the course, the students will have improved their skills in the followin...
- 06 Oct 2007, 12:08
- Forum: TEFL Help
- Topic: Writing and Reading Problems ESL/EFL Learners Can Have.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7281
Writing and Reading Problems ESL/EFL Learners Can Have.
Dear Lucy, Do you know where I may be able to get information regarding two issues? The first is what type of writing and/or reading related problems ESL/EFL students can have if their native languages employ right to left progression, rather than the progression system that English uses which is th...
- 16 Jul 2007, 03:50
- Forum: Jobs Discussion - Asia
- Topic: CELTA of TEFL in Thailand
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10015
- 14 Jul 2007, 05:05
- Forum: Jobs Discussion
- Topic: Online School openings?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13452
- 14 Jul 2007, 01:11
- Forum: Jobs Discussion
- Topic: Online School openings?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13452
- 14 Jul 2007, 00:59
- Forum: Jobs Discussion - Asia
- Topic: CELTA of TEFL in Thailand
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10015
- 02 Jul 2007, 14:04
- Forum: General Teacher Discussion
- Topic: Native Speakers of Cantonese.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7400
- 16 Jun 2007, 17:16
- Forum: TEFL Help
- Topic: Helping Cantonese speakers with unstressed words
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7144
Helping Cantonese speakers with unstressed words
Dear Lucy,
Do you have any tips regarding how I could help native speakers of Cantonese overcome the staccato like speach that some of them have when they try to speak English or not?
Yours,
Do you have any tips regarding how I could help native speakers of Cantonese overcome the staccato like speach that some of them have when they try to speak English or not?
Yours,
- 07 Jun 2007, 12:48
- Forum: Teaching Adults
- Topic: Teaching English Language Pronunciation to Chinese Students.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 41670
- 06 Jun 2007, 16:59
- Forum: Teaching Adults
- Topic: Teaching English Language Pronunciation to Chinese Students.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 41670
- 04 Jun 2007, 03:52
- Forum: Teaching Adults
- Topic: Beginner Learners Who Are Illiterate In Their Mother Tongues
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11085
Beginner Learners Who Are Illiterate In Their Mother Tongues
Dear All,
Do any of you guys have any advice about how to teach the type of learners referred to in the subject line of this message? If so, could you please pass them on to me?
Many thanks,
Yours,
Do any of you guys have any advice about how to teach the type of learners referred to in the subject line of this message? If so, could you please pass them on to me?
Many thanks,
Yours,
- 04 Jun 2007, 03:48
- Forum: TEFL Help
- Topic: Beginner Learners Who Are Illiterate In Their Mother Tongues
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6960
Beginner Learners Who Are Illiterate In Their Mother Tongues
Dear Lucy,
Do you have any advice about how to teach the type of learners referred to in the subject line of this message? If so, could you please pass them on to me?
Many thanks,
Yours,
Do you have any advice about how to teach the type of learners referred to in the subject line of this message? If so, could you please pass them on to me?
Many thanks,
Yours,
- 23 May 2007, 14:51
- Forum: TEFL Help
- Topic: How do I make a text less patronising?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6461
How do I make a text less patronising?
Dear Lucy, I am sorry to bother you again. However, I need to be able to re-word the following text so that it seems less patronising to learners of English; 'Pay rent and all bills on time. There are various aspects to household bills. To begin, the bill arrives. No-one wants to look at it, off cou...
- 23 May 2007, 13:21
- Forum: TEFL Help
- Topic: How do I make questions easier for students?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6989
How do I make questions easier for students?
Dear Lucy, Do you have any ideas about how the following questions could be simplified so that understanding them is an easy thing for beginner and intermediate learners of English? (i) What will the really well-organized household do when the tenants pay their contributions?, (ii) Have you ever liv...
- 05 May 2007, 06:26
- Forum: TEFL Help
- Topic: During and Post-listening/ speaking tasks
- Replies: 1
- Views: 15293
During and Post-listening/ speaking tasks
Dear Lucy,
Do you know of any during and post-listening/ speaking tasks that could be used for learners of English who are studying a text about how to live in a well organised rental accommodation situation in Australia?
Yours,
Do you know of any during and post-listening/ speaking tasks that could be used for learners of English who are studying a text about how to live in a well organised rental accommodation situation in Australia?
Yours,
- 20 Apr 2007, 15:45
- Forum: TEFL Help
- Topic: The English That Has Been Taught in China Until Recently.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6499
The English That Has Been Taught in China Until Recently.
Dear Lucy,
What would be the best way for me to try and locate material that details whether or not the main form of English that has been taught in China until recent times has been the British or the American English?
Yours,
What would be the best way for me to try and locate material that details whether or not the main form of English that has been taught in China until recent times has been the British or the American English?
Yours,
- 17 Apr 2007, 12:16
- Forum: TEFL Help
- Topic: Listening and speaking prediction tasks for beginners.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7799
Listening and speaking prediction tasks for beginners.
Dear Lucy, I need access to listening and speaking prediction tasks for beginner learners of English who are native speakers of Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Polish. Would you still recommend the two texts you have referred to in the correspondence I have included with this email or not? Many than...