The basic idea o this activity is to give a number of interesting problems or dilemmas to the students and have them come up with creative solutions. This activity is for an advanced class where students feel relatively comfortable speaking out.
Whether you took a job teaching TOEFL to a class of students or one of your students approached you about getting help preparing to take the TOEFL below is some advice for teachers who are new to the game.
In a recent Education Counsel meeting of Beijing schools the Chinese Government asked schools to stay away from Christmas celebrations. Previously, anything western seemed to be a novelty to Chinese schools and they couldn’t get enough of it. However, it seems now that Chinese public schools will be operating their Christmas holiday in […]
This activity fits well into any unit involving giving directions, transportation and/or city places.
You will need pictures of common things found in a city (e.g. post office, bank, library, apartments, super market, central park, etc.). At the beginning of class hold up the pictures and make sure everyone knows what the places […]
This activity can be inserted into any shopping unit.
You will need to prepare lots of props for this activity. The props should come from things you, as well as the students bring into class. I’ve found that it works best if you surround the shopping activity around clothing items. There […]
These words make all the difference because they are supposed to contain the twenty most useful prefixes, the fourteen most important roots, and are to be found in an estimated 100,000 words of an unabridged dictionary.
Before class you will need to prepare 10-15 sentences utilizing whatever grammar and/or vocabulary you have been studying in class. Some of the sentences will need to be correct and some incorrect. Don’t make any errors that are drastically obvious. My advice is to write 3 sentences with common grammatical mistakes (e.g. […]
Today I sat down with a long time director of international programs at a local Beijing school – lets call her Ms. Wang. The school has been employing foreign teachers for the past 7 years. In that time Ms. Wang has seen foreigners come and go and has worked closely with all of […]
If you haven’t gotten this very general question already you certainly will at some point in your ESL teaching career.
This question can be quite difficult to answer. The shortest answer to this question is simply,
Give your class structure – it helps!
In China foreign ESL teachers often find themselves in a situation where a school or training center sends them down the river with no paddle. More specifically, they find themselves with a schedule full of classes for which they have no book, no curriculum, no resources and no […]