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I designed it!
So....what would you say the odds are on me getting 2 new VIP students in 2 weeks who both want their English name to be Rainy?Pretty darned good, here in China. The first one is now called Renee. The second one spells … -
English Corner pictures
We had an animal themed English corner last week - here we are playing Duck Duck Goose and showing off our scary Animal Masks! -
I hope you can...understand what I'm trying to say
Recently, when I've used the phrase "I hope..." in conversation with some of my ESL students, I've gotten weird responses. It makes me wonder if they use "I hope..." differently in Chinese, or why my students just aren't… -
Whack, whack!
So Erik was teaching a class thismorning and this one little 6 year old boy was just really having trouble paying attention. Erik tried hard to engage him, but he kept flipping through his book and doodling instead of p… -
Flashcard follies
So I mentioned that one of my TA's tasks is to check out materials from our supply room, yes? We use flashcards to teach new vocabulary for my little kid classes, and sometimes the flashcards I need are not available and… -
It's so hard to find good help
So I've been teaching a course called Fun Fun English for the last several weeks. I have two classes every Saturday morning: The pre-starters class, with six 4-5 year olds, runs from 8:20-10 AM. The level 1 class, with … -
shootin' the breeze
I have a new VIP (one on one) student named Jenny. Our first class was today. Our textbook is New Interchange book 1 (which is actually the second book in the New interchange series) and I think it is fairly appropriate … -
Kindergarten storytime
I know it's taken me forever but I really am going to put some of the pictures from when my folks were here up. Let's begin with the kindergarten, where they watched us do storytime with the itty bitty kiddos.From the pr… -
Classroom management 101
I am teaching another seminar for teacher trainees in our school's TESOL program. Shhh, don't tell my students I don't have a TESOL certificate myself.My topic for tomorrow is Classroom Management. I've been going throug… -
The sick snail entry
So I had to teach a 6 hour seminar over three days this week, for some teacher trainees from England. The topics were the four skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) as well as Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronuncia…
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