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  1. Introduction
  2. Visual Aids in the Classroom
  3. Magazine Photos in an English Lesson
  4. Magazines and Their Use
  5. How Do You Get a Student to Start Speaking?
  6. October 31st? It's time to celebrate Halloween!
  7. Some Suggestions for Class Participation
  8. Tips for Personalizing English
  9. How Can We Help the Students Build up Their Vocabulary?
  10. Teaching Polite Words
  11. Stimulating Comprehension Using Jokes
  12. Organizing the Teaching Week - First Lesson
  13. Organizing the Second Lesson of the Week
  14. The "Creative" Lesson of the Week
  15. If I wanted to teach IF clauses, I would do it this way!
  16. Adjectives Are Everywhere
  17. Writing Dialogues
  18. Happy Thanksgiving!
  19. What Do You Say?
  20. Stimulate Conversation
  21. A Language for Every Country
  22. Take the Time to Compliment
  23. Learning Adjectives That Describe a Person's Character
  24. English Is a Language Full of Exclamations!
  25. Everyone Has a Favourite Author
  26. Test Your Vocabulary!
  27. Christmas Is My Favourite Holiday
  28. New Year Resolutions
  29. Calendar - Let's Celebrate Holidays!
  30. Martin Luther King Day
  31. Getting More Information About Teaching "To Get"
  32. Describing a Photo
  33. Let's "Emphasize"!
  34. Another Look at Building Vocabulary
  35. Short Answers Say a Lot
  36. When To Use the ING-Form
  37. "Student" Conversation
  38. Comment, please!
  39. Happy Saint Valentine's Day
  40. Let's Talk About Families!
  41. Presidents' Day in the USA
  42. What's Your Name?
  43. Oh, You Poor Thing!
  44. Compimenting Is an Art!
  45. What Would You Say... ?
  46. Women's Day
  47. A Proverb for Every Occasion
  48. Happy Saint Patrick's Day
  49. Hunt Up Slogans!
  50. HELP, I Don't Understand!
  51. Advanced Students and University Exams
  52. Teaching Young Children
  53. Advanced Students... Keep Talking!
  54. Let's Talk About Abbreviations
  55. Happy Easter!
  56. I Wonder...
  57. Body Language
  58. Computer symbol @, the well-known e-mail symbol
  59. "To Be or Not To Be..."
  60. Dear...
  61. Hi, how's everything?
  62.  “Feelings are everywhere…..”
  63. Happy Mother’s Day!
  64. Why not study OPPOSITES?
  65. Using Prefixes and Suffixes Increases Vocabulary
  66. A Word about TRIVIA!!
  67. Excuses, excuses, etc...
  68. Try writing "long" sentences!
  69. Who, What, Where, When, Why??
  70. "Teach" it nice and easy!
  71. Let's go to the cinema!
  72. "Sign" watching!
  73. CROSSWORDS help build vocabulary
  74. Happy Father's Day
  75. More Jokes to lighten your lesson!
  76. Some "guided" conversations!
  77. Teach some Synonyms and Homonyms
  78. Still More adjectives!!!
  79. Learning new vocabulary words…..the easy way!!!
  80. Make them Think!!!
  81. Add some Expressions...to your English
  82. "Free time" is quality time!
  83. Well wishing!!!
  84. Discover New York City!
  85. Keep a Diary!!!
  86. The Five W's
  87. Collecting "Words of Wisdom"
  88. Talking about Professions
  89. Reading a Newspaper Headlines
  90. Writing "Want Ads"
  91. Evaluate, how we evaluate!
  92. The Twin Towers: buildings that no longer exist
  93. There's no place like home!
  94. Collect, collect, collect...
  95. What's an Ellipsis?
  96. Do you mind...?
  97. Going Shopping!!!
  98. How long...?
  99. A Class Magazine? Why not?
  100. California Dreaming
  101. Talk, talk, talk...
  102. A "bunch" of useful expressions!
  103. Borrow or Lend?
  104. Blue jeans, an American story
  105. Getting to know you...
  106. Use the dictionary!!!
  107. Label it!!!
  108. Write what you "feel"...
  109. Geography? Yes, in English!
  110. Visiting the Island of Ponza
  111. Who am I?
  112. Creating time lines!
  113. Gone with the Wind
  114. Where's the party?
  115. "You are what you eat!"
  116. The one, the only...Charlie Brown
  117. How's the weather?
  118. T-Shirt are for Everyone!!!
  119. The Story of the White House
  120. Laugh your way to good health!
  121. Meet me in the kitchen!
  122. Talking about the future...your future!
  123. STOP...Do not enter!!!
  124. Why don't we...?
  125. To teach or not to teach...by the book!
  126. Correct, please!!!
  127. A world famous skyscraper!
  128. Be Polite!
  129. Having a Discussion
  130. Let them sing!!!
  131. Take that photo!
  132. "Know that Verb" Quiz
  133. Confusing words
  134. The woman of crime!
  135. Aloha, Hawaii!
  136. What's a nickname?
  137. Time to Eat !!!
  138. Homework yes, but only Intelligent homework!
  139. License plates...personalized!!!
  140. Numbers, learning about them!
  141. Happy birthday origins
  142. Chocolate, the true story
  143. Try writing poetry!
  144. It takes...
  145. Raise the flags!!!
  146. I had a million dollars...
  147. Cars...
  148. Words and meanings
  149. Who invented what?
  150. English courses abroad???
  151. Whoever teaches English has a great responsability!
  152. Look who's planning the lessons!!!
  153. Difference between British and American English
  154. Teaching Literature in English...beware of methods!!!

 



 


 


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I had the opportunity to teach University students and I found their greatest problem was communicating in English. 

First, they all needed a review of the basic grammar to feel more confident.  I found they remembered quite a bit from their English classes, but unfortunately they all told me that they practically never had conversation practice in class.

When they enter the University many of them have to take an entrance exam in English.  This is something that really disturbs them because there is a section on oral communication.  Apart from having to describe a photo, they need to talk about a given subject.  (I already gave you the different ways to start describing a photo in my Article 32.)             

Here are some of topics they come across:

         Talk about the person you admire most.
         Talk about the most important day in your life.
         Talk about a city you would like to visit.
         Talk about your hobbies.
         Talk about your favourite kind of food.
         Talk about your summer travel plans.
         Talk about an invention that fascinated you.

The main problem is that the student has only a few minutes to organize his thoughts and then he has to speak for two minutes on the subject.  Generally the student panics because he can’t think of  anything to say.

Let’s take the topic…the most important day in your life.

Here is where I tell them not to worry about saying something true, INVENT something.  It’s much easier to invent a story than to sit there trying to think of something that refers to you, especially if you have only a couple of minutes at your disposal!

Inventing is the best way because there’s the possibility to prepare some answers in advance. Many of these topics on the exams are repetitive. So the student can take advantage of this fact.

The teacher’s role here is to help her students practice answering similar topics, encouraging them to make use of expressions when they speak.  It’s also important to tell them to give as much information as possible, and to keep the sentences simple. 

 Example:   

  • The city I would like to visit is New York City.  I have read so much about this city and I feel there is so much to see there.  I particularly want to see the famous skyscrapers in the center of the city.  The Empire State Building is now the tallest building in New York City.  It’s 102 floors high and the view from the observation deck must be fantastic.  Of course, I would  go to the well-known Central Park  where I’d visit the Zoo and all the green areas including a visit to the famous Alice in Wonderland statue. There are so many museums in the city and I wouldn’t want to miss seeing them.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art is certainly the most important museum in the world.  The Guggenheim Museum is so unusual that the building itself is a work of art.  Apart from seeing all the museums and monuments in this city, I would like to do things that are really typical.  I’d take a bus on Fifth Avenue to get a good view of the city.  I’d visit the ethnic areas, for example, Little Italy, Chinatown,  and many others, to see all the characteristic shops and restaurants.   I’d take the Hudson River boat ride to view Manhattan from another angle.  I particularly want to see all the famous bridges, like The Brooklyn Bridge, and the Verrazano Bridge, where there is the annual Marathon race.  If I go to New York city I will stay at least 10 days, then I’d plan on returning.

All it comes down to is practice, practice and practice.  The more the students speak the less tense they become when having to face an exam of this kind.

The topics chosen can be very varied so the teacher should stimulate them as much as possible by proposing not only topics but sample answers as well. Finally,  they need a chance to try them out.  The teacher is to be supportive and encouraging.

This can be a challenge for the students as well as for the teacher, but it also brings with it a great satisfaction.   

     A Nice Thought           

          “The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.”
   





   

 

 

 

 

 
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