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by Guillermo
26 May 2008, 20:51
Forum: Special Needs
Topic: Help needed for activities for blind esl student
Replies: 9
Views: 53104

Re: Help needed for activities for blind esl student

Hey Becca how have you managed this student?

I've learned that I will have two blind students in the fall so I would be interested in any advise. These two boys are going to be mixed with the rest of the "seeing" students though...
by Guillermo
31 Mar 2008, 15:44
Forum: Teaching Adults
Topic: help please don't ignore a sad girl
Replies: 1
Views: 7350

Re: help please don't ignore a sad girl

Interesting competition! Well depending on how old are the competitors, I would say you have to "make" them write sentences with long letters like Q, T, Y, P, D, F, G, J, L, B. If they are young students I think you should categorize the prizes like "Best Name Signature", "F...
by Guillermo
17 Mar 2008, 17:23
Forum: Teaching Young Learners
Topic: Discipline and spanish children
Replies: 15
Views: 30201

Re: Discipline and spanish children

Well this is something I can really relate too... I know that as teachers we try to encourage our students to work hard and make their best effort, but with children sometimes you have to discourage them to misbehave. In my experience, children are sometimes more aware of the approval of their own c...
by Guillermo
17 Mar 2008, 02:02
Forum: General Teacher Discussion
Topic: Would anyone be willing to fill this out?
Replies: 3
Views: 6998

Re: Would anyone be willing to fill this out?

Sure I'll do your questionnaire! 1)Guillermo 2)2 in Costa Rica and 6 in Venezuela 3)Education Degree from Univeridad Central de Venezuela (UCV)---[ESL/EFL validation] and CELTA 4)Around $1000-$1500 in Venezuela. It's JUST enough... :roll: 5)In Venezuela there ar labor laws that include health, life ...
by Guillermo
12 Mar 2008, 14:56
Forum: General Teacher Discussion
Topic: Encourage your students to watch movies in ENglisH
Replies: 5
Views: 10163

Re: Encourage your students to watch movies in ENglisH

I have applied a similar idea with my students but in this case I use SITCOMS since these are shorter and easier to follow at lower levels. I had great results with "Friends" in particular because it has many different topics of conversation ans situational vocabulary and it's also very po...