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How Do I Teach Tag Questions and Accusatory Questions? 24 Jun 2013 | 03:05 pm
You enjoy tag questions, don’t you? You study or teach English, don’t you? The above two sentences are two examples of tag questions. Tag questions are often used to elicit a confirmation from anothe...
When Do I Use “A” and When Do I Use “The”? 22 Apr 2013 | 01:28 pm
One of the more difficult aspects of English are the articles, and not just the ones found in newspapers. Using “a” and “the” take years for most English natives to fully grasp, and much longer for th...
How Do I Explain the Difference Between Green Tea and Japanese Tea? 9 Apr 2013 | 09:02 am
Oftentimes, vocabulary used for foods can be confusing, using different words to refer to the same thing i.e. soda and pop, EZ-Cheez and Easy-Cheese, Quesadillas and tortilla melts This is confusing f...
How Do I Convince a Student to Stop Taking Lessons? 19 Mar 2013 | 02:03 pm
As any seasoned veteran teacher can attest, some students reach a point where they are no longer capable of learning. Specialized compartments in their brains, for whatever reason, fill up and do not ...
How Do I Make the Student Pronounce the “TH” Sound? 25 Jan 2013 | 12:47 pm
It’s a question that many teachers ask themselves and each other; how can I make the students pronounce the “TH” sound so frequently found in English? Luckily, the answer is quite simple, but the road...
What Do I Do If a CD Is Scratched and I Need To Perform a Listening Activity? 10 Nov 2012 | 07:15 pm
We are teaching the best lesson of our lives, engaging the student and filling their brain full of English, when suddenly a listening activity occurs. Since CDs are rarely replaced, years of usage tak...
School Update: 2012-10-31 1 Nov 2012 | 06:27 am
Last week we had the misfortune of having a student with a colostomy bag enter our English school, and despite my best efforts, we were unable to succeed in dissuading him from learning English. Older...
How Do I Build Student Willpower? 1 Nov 2012 | 06:13 am
Learning English is often a matter of willpower, with the weak-willed failing quickly and the strong-willed eventually failing much later. To build willpower in the classroom, the teacher must take on...
How Do I Teach the Difference Between Jail and Prison? 9 Jul 2012 | 04:40 pm
A guest at a prison or jail (likely a jail) Most students have not been through the legal system and have yet to experience the difference between jail and prison firsthand. The differences are many,...
How Do I Teach Causative Form? 11 Apr 2012 | 03:23 pm
English has several words associated with causative form; Make Have Let Whereas Japanese only has one. The intricacies of English are like a Faberge egg, whereas Japanese is devoid of these like a...
