Teacher B said to teacher A, “My adult students, retired people, are starting to speak in English.  Now I address them by their names, and ask them for example to summarize one paragraph of the story I wrote on a worksheet, which I had handed out to them some days ago.  They speak, so there is communication in the target language. Some of them ...

Teacher A said to teacher B, “I teach English to a group of just retired people plus a girl – the center is between the oldie generation and the young one. From the beginning I thought I wouldn’t set homework.  I hand them out worksheets in classes. Nevertheless they read and work on those worksheets at home.” / Photo from: millysmuse blogspot ...

Worksheet # 105 [For a student of mine, who is a doctor].June 21, 2010. This worksheet is a prompt to foster speaking. What is malaria?A serious and ancient disease caused by one-celled Plasmodium parasites, malaria is spread by the bite of infected Anopheles mosquitoes. The symptoms of malaria include periodic chills, fever, headache, and ...

Teacher A said yesterday that it turns out to be sound to practice grammar and vocab in his classes. Sometimes, in the time of the class dedicated by the students to doing homework from their schools, when some students have got to do homework some others may not have any homework. So, this teacher hands out worksheets to students with no ...