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Dear Rise,

I think you've just agreed with me, not disagreed.

I said the style of English is different. I don't think it's a dialect either.

Cheers

Nigel

You could try looking at Discussions A-Z. The topics are not business related. But if your student just wants to practise oral English it could be a start.

Nigel

I don't agree with Schetin saying nobody speaks international English. You only have to go to an international conference or spend time in a place like London to realise that when 2 non-native speakers of English get together their style of English is different. not that it's wrong; just different. ...

I've never heard of this course.

I suppose it depends what you want to do after the course and whether it corresponds.

I think the Diploma in EFL (now called DELTA) is an excellent qualification for people who want practical teaching.

Nigel

You could take a look at Accelerate series.

I think they're excellent

you can have students do the following: read write poems, stories etc play card and board games do arts and crafts have them design and make things do physical activities (moving around) songs and chants do group activities have students keep a diary allow quiet time for thinking if possible, visit ...

For the first and second sentences, the transcription is

/at/

The third sentence uses the schwa cos it's not normally stressed.

I don't have symbols for "th" and schwa, so I can't write them out for you.

Cheers

Nigel

I htink the reason Inlingua are showing so much interest in you is that they like to train theirteachers in the use of their methods. So if a teacher doesn't have a lot of experience, it doesn't matter to them. What's more important is that you have a business background and so can interact easily w...

Hi Yvonne, A question you need to ask before you start an on-line course is how will your actual teaching be assessed? You can learn a lot about teaching but it's different when you put it into pracitce. Check with the course provider how you get feedback (if you get any at all). It might be a good ...

You could also try IELTS, GMAT, etc. They might give you the same response as Cambridge

have you checked it out with the consulates in your country. they might give you an answer.

Nigel

I've never heard of these schools so can't say good or bad about them. I've never heard ofthe accrediting bodies you mention. Maybe that would be a place to start. find out more aboutthe accreditation bodies and what sort of work you can hope to get with such references. They may be fine; i'm just s...

It's difficult to get beginners talking. They need a well-structured conversation and lots of support and practice to get them going. You can start them off reading a dialogue and then get them to substitute different parts of it. eg : A: can I see Jane and Helen? B : no, they're busy A : when will ...

The previous person is right to say you don't pronounce 'h' in hour and honest. There are two other exceptions: honour and heir.

Nigel

Jasminade,

thanks for the compliment.

I don't think you noticed that my ccq's refer to two past events, one before the other.

i.e.

When did he come here? past event
Where did he teach before that? previous event.

Cheers

Nigel

I'm creating classes for computer specialists. One of my teachers used to work in IT but has hardly any experience teaching EFL.

It's an important client. Would you recommend having an experienced teacher on the course or the IT specialist?

Thanks

Nigel

He had taught in Chile before he came here to teach. You could ask: Is he teaching in Chile now? no where is he teaching now? here when did he come here? 1999 (for example) where did he teach before that / before 1999? I don't think your original sentence is the best example of the past perfect, if ...

Hi there,

I'm a new head teacher and a lot of my teachers think planning is not necessary.

What do you think? Should I be asking them to plan?

Nigel

Hi there,

I'm a new head teacher and a lot of my teachers think planning is not necessary.

What do you guys out there think? Should I make them plan?

Nigel

Hi there,

I'm a new head teacher and a lot of my teachers think planning is not necessary.

What do you guys out there think?

Nigel