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520. Immersion, now!

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:08:00 GMT

One day teacher of English B said to teacher of Englsh A, “Immersion, yes. Let’s make our students relate, mentally link any of us with English, in the halls and offices of the school alike. Albeit both them and us are the same nationality, in our case, Spanish, this way of conducting may be useful. Try this conducting at the school, even when leaving the school after a regular day, and walking down the stairs, toward the school bus. Try this, Alonso, and let me know next week, right?” Photo from: underwater_mailbox coolthingsinrandomplaces com

478. Speaking led to mutual love: Charlot & a blind girl!

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:42:00 GMT

From British Council – BBC teaching-English website. September 7.

Help! How to teach a native speaker of French to speak English?

Dear all,

My private student is a young lady from France. Basically, she knows nothing about English and I have very limited knowledge of French. The textbook we are going to use is "Interchage" published by Cambridge University Press. I'm very worried about our fist lesson. How could she understand me if I do't speak much French?

Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks a lot. Effie

Hello Effie and everyone,

Calm down ;) Be, as you well know, welcoming and polite. I don't know the objectives this lady wants to attain with your private speaking classes. You yourself can mark a short and realistic set of objectives - make a plan and write it down.

I would tell you not to speak any French. All in all, don't worry if some words in French slip out during the conversation. But those classes of speaking English must be so, in English, all the time.

A piece of advice: classes should not last more than three quarters of an hour. Anyway, do whatever you decide, obviously.

Use the photos of Interchange - I know that series. It's sensible you would speak in English a lot, very slowly, about specific points of one photo. For example, describe and repeat and repeat basic things about the picture - not many details. Sort of "This is a woman, this is a man, they are speaking by telephone". Mime the gestures of speaking by phone. While you are describing the photo, point with a pen on the people and the main object.

Don't make her tired with the same photo, though.

When you ask her a question to be responded by the English word of one object of the photo, and she answers correctly, you can nod, slightly smile, say ok.

Your learner needs visual aids. You can write the word "telephone" also, on a notebook, with clear characters, for her to match the written word with the picture. Next day make a quick revision of the photo, quickly - nod and smile.

It seems also good that she would listen to you saying a rather longish speech: she will notice the special texture of the English language. And this, definitely, make her more acquainted with listening and understanding your English.

So as to involve the learner more into the process of learning, frown your forehead and ask her how she says that word in French, and you sort of say oh, I see, this is a ("telephone" in French).

Show her she is making quick advance. When learning a new language, each word is a step forward, and the learner notices his or her advance, more quickly than an advanced learner.

Little by little you can step forward, you can proceed into longer conversations. Longer but basic.

At your entire disposal.

Fernando

Teacher of English. Teacher trainer. Granada

http://fernandoexperiences.blogspot.com

/ Photo from: city-lights-petit-big City Lights, premiered 1931 in New York. From: www sinepil org

413. The staff playing together like an orchestra

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:48:00 GMT

A useful activity, and a reinforcement to foster the speaking skill, in a summer-camp of English, for example, is to have one teacher, either native or a fluent speaker, who would pick up the students, one by one, out of the classrooms, and hold an interview with him. A really interesting dialog, starting for example from the score table which his team is on. This chart could include the points won at soccer, visiting the sick, volley-ball, participation in the class... We, the staff, are concluding, in this course of English, that the main skill to practice is speaking, definitely. Roughly stating, the speaking capability is low in a lot of Spanish schools, improving little by little nonetheless. Maybe your school is one otherwise the level, and the standard is high. Photo from www clemson edu. I guess the conductor is Emil de Cou.

391. How to prepare to face up with a job interview

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:50:00 GMT

A few days ago I came accross a *** web site fitting adult learners, or even adolescents. So so useful, look:

By GetEnglishLessons on 06/07/09 at 9:50 am

“A Job Interview in English – ESL/EFL/Business English

Some adult students are learning English for their jobs and some other to apply for jobs. Nothing better than a list of questions they are going to be asked on the day of the interview.

Interviewing Questions

Below is a listing of sample interview questions to use as a guideline when developing questions you might ask a potential employee. The trend in developing these interview questions has been to make them behavioral based, allowing the interviewer to get the maximum benefit from the interview.

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General

· Tell me about your recent work experience(s).

· Why did you leave your previous place of employment?

· Why are there gaps in your employment history?

· What strengths and weaknesses would you bring to this position?

· What is your understanding of this position and what skills do you bring to the position?

· What types of job responsibilities do you find to be most rewarding? Why?

· What types of job responsibilities do you find to be most frustrating? Why?

· Tell me about your computer skills and what type of software you are experienced with.

· What type of management style do you prefer (hands-on, frequent supervision, minimal supervision, etc.) and why?

Behavior Questions

· Describe a situation when you had to take directions from several people at the same time.

· Describe a tough problem that you have dealt with, tell me how you approached it and the outcome.

· Tell me about a specific occasion when you conformed to a policy even though you did not agree with it.

· Tell me about a project you have been responsible for and how you organized the necessary paperwork, tasks, goals, etc.

· Describe for me two improvements you have made in your job in the past six months.

· When you delegate assignments to others, how do you keep track of their progress?

· Tell me about a decision you made that your supervisor disagreed with. How did you handle it?

· What do you feel would be the most common errors made in a position such as this?

· Tell me about a time when you were late or absent to work. How did you communicate that to your supervisor?

· Tell me about a time when a supervisor asked you to complete a task that you thought was not necessary, or could have been done another way. What steps did you take to achieve the task?

· Tell me about a time when you felt you had to break a company rule in order to get something done.

Customer Service

· How would your supervisor describe your relationship with your peers?

· Describe a day when you were faced with multiple interruptions and had to assist in covering an additional position. Tell me how you managed your day to accomplish your work.

· Tell me about a time when you were given high priority tasks from multiple supervisors. How did you decide which to complete first?

· How would the people you supervise describe your management style?

End of Interview

· What aspect of your past employments did you enjoy the most?

· Why should I hire you?

· Do you have any questions for me?"

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312. He has made us happier

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:06:00 GMT

One day teacher A said to teacher B,

“Every person leaves some trace in history, either some good or some bad dregs. You influence on history, on humankind. Just with your everyday work. You serve society, with your teaching. You connect people with your teaching a language.

If you fulfill your work nice, you make goodness to people, although your work could seem insignificant for all the people in the world. And moreover, you are teaching your students also to leave some good in history. It’s not necessary to do something Big. But you can do something Great. Attending your post of work one day after another day.

Tell your students that they alike can serve society with the language they are learning.”

Thanks for the picture to images allmoviephoto com. Peter Jackson is the genius director of the movie of The Lord of the Rings. I certainly know that he directed The Fellowship of the Ring, but I don’t know whether the sequels.

304. Among people

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:02:00 GMT

Today I'm fortunate to present you something very interesting and which can help us, teachers. It makes a stack profound contribution to this blog. It's something to be pondered, and from that point to draw conclusions for our daily battle. Sorry for the format bugs. The author of the original entry is José Luis Fomt Nogués, an expert in education, based in Granada. One of his blogs is http://albayalde.wordpress.com/ . The photo is from www spraguephoto com. It shows a subway moment in Seoul subway - South Korea.

Febrero 17, 2010

Sobre la “hechura interior”

Archivado en: Hechura interior — albayalde @ 10:22 am

Para los seres humanos son de interés esas corrientes interiores que corren cual ruidosas torrenteras o por bellos cauces tranquilos hasta despeñarse en cataratas o, serenas, alcanzar la mar.

Esa hechura interior se inicia en las características personales -en parte innatas-, pasa por las disposiciones adquiridas con hábitos de actuación, llega al trabajo o actividad que estructura al hombre y está inmersa en las relaciones más próximas familiares y de amistad con otros seres personales.

Los entornos en los que se desenvuelve la persona establecen unos vínculos que exigen también determinados comportamientos que, a su vez, son expresión externa de la hechura interior; entre esos entornos podemos enumerar la ciudad y la naturaleza. Otros dos elementos están también presentes en la persona: las aficiones, el descanso y los medios materiales de uso personal que la economía hace administrar.

La interioridad y exterioridad de la persona gozan de íntima unidad. Por un lado, no se entiende la separación de ambos aspectos; por otro lado, ambos aspectos se exigen mutuamente.

288. She was human and humane

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:51:00 GMT

One day teacher A said to teacher B,

"A few days ago teacher C told me that right after the classes, when she was clearing up her stuff, some girls used to come to her desk, just to talk with her, to chat for a small while, just to have a peek at her stuff, and things like thtat. Other times one girl spoke with her, when waiting for the rest of the girls to arrive at the classroom. It's a chance opportunity, she says, to chatter about any thing, to listen to their kids' things, sometimes more affectionate and attentive than even a few of their parents."

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